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Episode 10
... made into underpasses but the only problem is that there is no alternate route for pedestrians so they must weave their way through and around large machines and trucks as best they can while all the workers on the site wear ‘hard’ hats and high visibility overall.
We rode on some busses, I went free which I thought was nice. We applied for Mongolian visas, apparently I don’t need one of them either. L hopes that ...
Lots of things to like about Almaty
... of drinking their pints through straws. I guess this is more feminine but it’s not a style I’m about to adopt. I did get some strange looks though as I politely removed the straw, wiped it on a napkin and placed it on the table beside my glass.
Meat is plentiful, cheap and usually served on large metal skewers on the BBQ or in a kebab. The smell of BBQ lamb or chicken permeates the air as the sun sets getting the gastric juices flowing. For ...
Phin - Stans
... what a sense of achievement riding through the gushing rivers, taming the seeming wild Horses, mine always wanted to go left, and then climbing the slip an slide vertical gravel sand dune cliff a deathly several hundreds of meters to what would have to be one of if not the most picturesque surreal scene of beauty and magnificence i have ever experienced. You could not stay long enough and what a wonderful way to have earned it. The Secret Lake Alakol After we journeyed back ...
Farewell to Shashlik
... of meat). There is definitely a lot more money here than in Bishkek, we went to a cafe and overheard people talking about international business deals whilst teenage kids pulled up outside in brand new 4 x 4s. We ate in a range of place from a student canteen to a Brazilian rodizio - an idea which works well here as it is basically an eat as much as you can shashlik buffet. At the second attempt we got a cablecar up to Kok Tobe, a hill overlooking the city ...
Goed verhaal; lekker kort!
... man man. Ploeteren is het af en toe, wat ik trouwens met alle plezier voor deze gastvrije mensen doe. Als Aygerim en haar vrienden me op zondag weer op komen halen, is Arman de koning te rijk met z’n idee over agri-toerisme. Dit is het he-le-maal! Hij had het goed gedacht. Hij wil mij als compagnon om een uitwisselingsbureau op te zetten. Ach of het ooit zover gaat komen… maar een mooi compliment is het.
Als gezegd, al ...
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