http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kazakhstan/Oral/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Kazakhstan , Oral en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:00:01 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:00:01 +0000 So I failed in my attempt to get from East Timor to Jordan without flying. I was so close in fact I was even in Europe. The city of Oral in far northwest Kazakhstan is west of the Ural river and so is considered part of Europe. In Russian itrsquos ldquoUralskrdquo but in English itrsquos usually called after the Kazakh ldquoOralrdquo. I went as far as Oral but I was hoping t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kazakhstan/Oral/blog-401671.html