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Kazygurt Holy Mount, Kazakhstan  
   

Kazygurt Holy Mount, Kazakhstan

one of the possible final resting places of Noah's Ark - hence the ship on top of the mountain
Into Uzbekistan - 1 July 2012 - mile 8410

July 1st 2012
To get to the Uzbekistan border we have a final 50miles of Kazakhstan to cover. What a 50 miles – its totally different to the previous 1300miles!! There's hills, there's green fields full of crops, there's snow capped mountains in the distance. There's people and life: roadside markets and stalls. Its like we have entered another world. There's some weird stuff too – mostl ... read more
Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

Uzbekistani Flag Russia conquered Uzbekistan in the late 19th century. Stiff resistance to the Red Army after World War I was eventually suppressed and a socialist republic set up in 1924. During the Soviet era, intensive production of "white gold" (cotton) and grain... ... read more
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