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From the Burana Tower, we went up the mountains to Issyk-Ata, a Soviet-era “Sanitorium.” Traditionally, in this part of the world, whenever you had hot springs you turned them into a place for treating the ill. Issyk-Ata means “Father Heat” and it is a hot spring with a large complex of treatment facilities, a couple of swimming pools, and plenty of rooms for rent. We just drove up to take a walk and see the Lenin statue at the top.

Of course, we had serial snowball fights all along the way

The sanatorium sits in a narrow valley among high mountains

In the shadow of 'Father Lenin'

Christina, winded

Evening, on the way home