Took an unbelievable journey through the remotest part of the world I've ever been in. The tiring, back breaking last few days went something like this: June 29: overnight train ride from Krasnoyarsk to Abakan, 9 hours June 30: share taxi from Abakan train station to Kyzyl, 5½ hours, spent one night in Kyzyl July 1: UAZ (burly Russian 4x4 van) to Mugur-Aksy, 10 hour trip after spending 3 hours picking up passengers and another 2 hours tinkering with the vehicle's engine, spent one night in Mugur-Aksy July 2: short 2 hour trip to Kyzyl-Khaya again by UAZ from where I thought I'd catch another UAZ to Altai, eventually did at 7 pm with same driver, arrived in Kosh-Agach at 1:00 am but gained an hour, spent 2 nights July 4: 8 am minibus to Gorno-Altaisk,
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