16th & 17th August 2013 The Russia - Kazakhstan border crossing near КАРАОЗЕК or KARAOZEK
August 16th 2013 First serious off road driving
The area between Liman and Astrakhan was sandy, I think it was part of the seabed of the Caspian and the lovely tarmacked road disappeared and it turned into a white single lane sandy track.
For the first time on this trip, I was able to take the car off-road and drive it hard. The E119 still appeared as a purple line on my SatNav, but on the road it was just a
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