In the mountains of Kazakhstan lies a forest frozen beneath a turquoise lake — drowned more than a century ago when an earthquake reshaped the valley, leaving hundreds of ghostly tree trunks still standing upright in the water.

I’ve been to Lake Kaindy twice. The first time was in 2022, when I took my husband there ourselves. The second was in 2025, when his entire Chilean family came to visit and we made the trip out together as a group. It isn’t an easy place to reach, tucked into a remote stretch of [...] The post In the mountains of Kazakhstan lies a forest frozen beneath a turquoise lake — drowned more than a century ago when an earthquake reshaped the valley, leaving hundreds of ghostly tree trunks still standing