Adventure Timeline
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Nine days in Kazakhstan - Part 1 - From Aktau
We arrived in Actau after our ferry ride across the Caspian, hungry (sinc…
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Ode to the American toilet
Bathroom breaks have become a large part of our experience here on the road. I didn’t think a lot about toilets back home, but now I find that toilets preoccupy a lot of my thoughts. While in Europe, toilets where of the variety you find in Ameri…
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Nine days in Kazakhstan - Part 2 - To Beyneu
The sun had just begun to rise when we began day 2 of driving to Beyneu, so it was not yet hot. However, feeding and watering six hungry travelers was eating through supplies quicker than we expected. Tom was beginning to look like a refugee camp …
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Nine days in Kazakhstan - Part 3 - To Astana
The next day we drove for 18 hours straight, determined to make it to Astana. We ate bread and cold baked beans from our supply and kept spirits high by singing “Bohemian Rhapsody” to the Brits over our walkie talkies. They answered with a truly a…
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Leaving Kazakhstan for Russia
After that 4am encounter with the spitting police officer, we eagerly searched for any identifiable lodging - the last thing we needed was more “hospitality” from the Astana police. …
