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Episode 10
... and waste mountains run for many kilometres along the road.
Then it was more open steppe. We saw a few horses, some sheep, a few camels and several melon sellers by the roadside. The melons are really nice according to my humans, I don’t get any. There are watermelons, a bright orange coloured melon with a flesh like honeydew, a rock melon with a similar flesh, and a rockmelon such as ours at home. These are the ones my humans ...
Lots of things to like about Almaty
... near by. Yum…..Our first real meal of kebabs, pide and salad since our last visit to Turkey in 1999!
The next part was not so straight forward. First we lined up at window three with a heap of other people, none of which spoke English. About 10 minutes in and I realized they were all ducking out the door and coming back with forms….enquiries sent me out the door into another building with translation services (NOT to English!!), photocopies ...
Almost gone, unfortunately
Viel gibt es hier nicht zu berichten, höchstens vielleicht, dass Abschied wirklich ein schweres Schaf ist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCARgnen Xoc
Stattdessen ein paar Fotos und ein Lied.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuQ4Y_Mn aFc
Und noch ein Film für zwischendurch:
http://www.botschaft-kaz.de/flash/welco me-to-kaz/
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Phin - Stans
... on horseback. A quick dip in our undies in the sub zero water and it was time to rush back to our rooms asap for a traditional sauna shower we had to pay extra for out back. At dinner our host tried to tell us as politely as possible that we had to be out by 6am for new guests - unfortunate. After trying to refuel in the town we couldn't get the honourable outback Getz to start and were stranded for 4 hours. we tried everything, the locals came to help we we roll ...
Goed verhaal; lekker kort!
... graag wat van het platteland wil zien, ringelt dat belletje en stelt ze ons aan elkaar voor.
Daar zit je dan, tussen een boerenfamilie die onderling alleen maar Kazaks praat. Vader Arman, moeder Ainas en 4 dochters, de oudste 14 en de jongste 3. Allemaal nogal vreemd tegenover die lange reiziger uit Nederland die hun taal niet spreekt. Ik logeer, eet mee en wissel verhalen uit met handen, voeten en foto’s op mn laptop. Met ...