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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...
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![Saturday 5th August - Are we eating Phar Lap?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/624e0d_c3e2e4d4e4e846f78181b38bb4d46813~mv2_d_4896_3672_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/624e0d_c3e2e4d4e4e846f78181b38bb4d46813~mv2_d_4896_3672_s_4_2.webp)
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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...