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Russia: Samara and sayonara
... to our host at the hostel. Her parting words were:"I hope more hippies like you come by in the future". So, there you have it, we are now officially hippies on the extended Hippie trail.
The one hour drive to the border went very smoothly and the formalities took less than an hour, a new record! And so we arrived in Kazakhstan, our new home for the next couple of weeks, with over 3000km of road and piste to cover, visas to procure and heat to be endured.
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Episode 6
... that the more impatient car and small truck drivers would drive along these edges and overtake the more patient ones calmly waiting. They would then force their way into the queue when a barrier or stream blocked their path.
The countryside had been fairly flat then we came into more rolling hills. We were well into the agricultural belt with large (10’s of hectares) fields of wheat, barley, rape, and sunflower mostly. ...
Kazakhstan to Russia - What an ordeal
... took some five hours, I think and we were close to desperation as we just sat there with no ventilation, sun streaming in the windows and everyone barely able to cope.
When we finally got away, we first stopped at a bridge over the Ural River at Orenburg, 1853km, guarded by an armed soldier and a Gt Dane on a long wire. Out the other side we saw people enjoy the local bathing spots on this hot summer's day.
The rest of the day was ...
THE HOLIDAY INN IS NOT A BUDGET HOTEL
... of registration. On the 5th hotel I give in and just look for anything with a name in English. Thought Holiday Inn was cheap, it’s not and despite having a very nice room Im not happy handing over £165 for the nights stay.
Samara is famous for building rockets and so feeling very guilty that im not looking round these cities I make the effort in the morning to find a ...
Samara
... Staerkung - diesmal "unten" (entlang des Flusses) Richtung unseres Ausgangspunktes weitermarschieren. Einen grossartigen Platz zum Zelte aufschlagen finden wir dann unterm Kamelfelsen, wo wir mit einen grossartigen Blick auf die Volga den Sonnenuntergang geniessen. Tags darauf heissts frueh aufstehen und entlang des Ufers zurueck Richtung Ort/Hafen, wo schon um 10 das Boot zurueck Richtung Samara wartet.
In Samara angekommen erwartet uns Tibo sowie ...
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