it not for its remoteness and underdeveloped infrastructure. Currently, it is visited mostly by locals who use the Soviet-era establishments around the lake and the more adventurous sort of international tourist. Gallery References Laurence Mitchell, Kyrgyzstan, Bradt Travel Guides, 2008 External links Karakol – Djeti-Oguz region in Central Tien-Shan(Mountaineering reports and maps. Although the site is in English, with some web browsers you may need to set "Character Encoding" to "Cyrillic" in the "View" menu of your browser in order to get better display of the main page). Regions of Kyrgyzstan