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December 20th 2013
Published: December 20th 2013
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Cycling from Taraz – Shymkent – Saryagash (Tashkent border) I expected Southern Kazakhstan to be flat and easy but it turned to be pretty hilly and windy… Surprise! The first thing I noticed after entering Kazakhstan from Kyrgyzstan was the gas stations. They were to be found every 2 or 3km. They all looked very new and flashy, with great colorful billboards announcing them. The second thi... Read Full Entry



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camping by a pipeline in a fieldcamping by a pipeline in a field
camping by a pipeline in a field

not too far from the road
by the roadby the road
by the road

cheap fruit
Riding to UzbekistanRiding to Uzbekistan
Riding to Uzbekistan

boring landscape in the back
Southern KazakhstanSouthern Kazakhstan
Southern Kazakhstan

on my way to Tashkent
by the roadby the road
by the road

in Southern Kazakhstan
I'm not sure what this place was called...I'm not sure what this place was called...
I'm not sure what this place was called...

but it was in between Shymkent and Tashkent!



20th December 2013

The long and winding road
Sometimes we don't get what we are expecting when we travel and it sounds like today Kazakhstan offered you a bit of that with the wind and a few hills. The photos are lovely. The wide open spaces are lovely.
21st December 2013

you're right.
My time in Kazakhstan was okay. Would have been better if the sky had been blue... But you can't always be blessed by Helios! I hope to make it back here someday... would love to go see the Aral Sea on the Kazakh side + there are some canyons and mountains in other corners of the country.

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