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The trip to 50/50

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May 21st 2017
I had the funny idea to spend my 50th birthday in N50, E50, which turns out to be in West Kazakhstan. With my small motor home I started in Vienna, Austria, and soon found out that the trans-European road E50 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E50) runs into that direction. So across northern Slovakia passi ... read more

Asia » Kazakhstan » Western Kazakhstan » Atyrau

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Native Kazakhs, a mix of Turkic and Mongol nomadic tribes who migrated into the region in the 13th century, were rarely united as a single nation. The area was conquered by Russia in the 18th century and Kazakhstan became a Soviet Republic in 1936. D... ... read more