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China

Today we left Kazakhstan and I made my last border crossing. Getting out of Kazakhstan was not really bad, and getting to China was a different world. Instead of many people writing stuff by hand, the Chinese border was a lot like an airport. You are not supposed to take pictures at the border, but almost all of the workers rushed out to greet us and take pictures of our motorcycles. They bad no problem with photos, and were most helpful. Since our emtry had been approved on advance, they knew we were coming.
We had to carry some stuff across the border, and we didn't take our passports because we didn't realize we would have yo go outside the compound. Four of us entered China the second time without any documents.
The Chinese have been very accommodating.

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