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Tuesday 8th August - Panda surgeries and mosquito mania
Quite a sad morning as we said goodbye to our convoy friends. Everyone had decided to do different routes all over the country. Our young...
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Monday 7th August - When Panda met Patrol
First things first today we had to fix our roof rack. The front roof rack had moved off place after our bumpy trip yesterday. James got...
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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?
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...