Water, water everywhere

There should be plenty of water at the town of Balykchy, where property prices are booming for some. Balykchy lies at the western tip of Lake Issyk-Kul, the second largest mountain lake in the world. But some of the elderly Russian-speaking pensioners retired in this rail junction town that has about 45 000 inhabitants, are angry that for a third year running they cannot get water in their apartment blocks, despite having made strong efforts to do so.
Date: October 2007

3 images