Sunday 6th August - Random rally reunions
Our destination for today was a town in northern Kazakhstan called Oral. We heard the roads would be good so hoped for the best. You...
Saturday 5th August - Are we eating Phar Lap?
We checked out of our hotel after eating some breakfast. Cows were hanging nearby at the rubbish bin, quite a typical sight in these...
Friday August 4th - Kindness from Kazakh strangers
We ate breakfast together at the hotel, it was looking like the day would be another hot one. Aktau was forecast to reach 36 degrees....
Thursday August 3rd - That time we ended up with a baby
We woke up to red-pants-dragon-lady smacking on our doors yelling in Russian for us to get up and off the ship. It was 4:30am. James and...
Wednesday 2nd August - The looonngg ferry ride to Kazakhstan
We were fed breakfast in the 'boiling-room-of-death' at 8:30am. It was still just as hot as the day before. Breakfast consisted of eggs...
Tuesday 1st August - I'm on a boat, on a boat.
Finally the ferry had arrived! Hallelujah!! Our prayers had been answered, we were one step closer to reaching Kazakhstan now that we...
