Taking a Break in Kustanay
*Check out some of the earlier posts. I've posted more pictures*
After four nights of camping in the Kazakh wilderness, we're staying at a hotel tonight. We need to register our passports in Kazakhstan before we get to the Russian border again, so we stopped in Kustanay to do so. Apparently, to register, one needs to be actually staying at a physical address somewhere. We can't enter "camping" or the name of just any old hotel in the box on the registration paper. That's fine with us, as we're in need of showers and laundry service.
We've made some new friends in Kazakhstan! While looking for LPG a few nights ago in Aktobe (Aktubinsk), a man approached us and offered to take us to a station. Zhora and his wife escorted us across town. We exchanged some gifts, as well. He gave us a few smoked fish, some Kazakh beer, and a CD of the local flavor. We gave him a flask of the good stuff and a Johnny Cash CD. A good trade, indeed. They were then kind enough to escort to the proper road out of town and gave us a nice send-off!
I'm looking forward to some local cuisine this evening and some good rest in a bed! Oh, and we finally bought the correct LPG pump adapter for Kazakhstan! Too bad we'll only be here another day or two.
After four nights of camping in the Kazakh wilderness, we're staying at a hotel tonight. We need to register our passports in Kazakhstan before we get to the Russian border again, so we stopped in Kustanay to do so. Apparently, to register, one needs to be actually staying at a physical address somewhere. We can't enter "camping" or the name of just any old hotel in the box on the registration paper. That's fine with us, as we're in need of showers and laundry service.
We've made some new friends in Kazakhstan! While looking for LPG a few nights ago in Aktobe (Aktubinsk), a man approached us and offered to take us to a station. Zhora and his wife escorted us across town. We exchanged some gifts, as well. He gave us a few smoked fish, some Kazakh beer, and a CD of the local flavor. We gave him a flask of the good stuff and a Johnny Cash CD. A good trade, indeed. They were then kind enough to escort to the proper road out of town and gave us a nice send-off!
I'm looking forward to some local cuisine this evening and some good rest in a bed! Oh, and we finally bought the correct LPG pump adapter for Kazakhstan! Too bad we'll only be here another day or two.
The Lost Crusade, our new friend Zhora, and Team Ulaan Baantor.
Not a tree, road, or building in sight.
posted by Chris | 1:00 AM
1 Comments:
Are they okay with you driving out into the middle of a field like that?!
Sweet hedgehog though, but there's something wrong with your cam, cuz they are supposed to be blue.
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