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Russia: Samara and sayonara
... between and don't hold much appeal at any rate.
The next day of driving took us through Saratov and here we had made the decision to make a small 200km detour up north to Samara. According to the otherwise useless Lonely Planet it was supposed to be a nice spot with its own brewery and historic downtown area. To get the most out of our Russian visa and for some R&R, the detour seemed like a good idea. Besides, we weren't quite ready yet to give up ...
Episode 6
... yellow sunflowers Lyn’s ever seen. Not massive seed heads like on the Darling Downs: Then we came into a really dry and dusty region before reaching Rostov-on-Don which is again very flat and intensively farmed with all the above crops, along with lots of potatoes and some tomatoes in plastic greenhouses. There are several huge dams on the Don river and we crossed some irrigation canals as we drove through the rural areas after we ...
Kazakhstan to Russia - What an ordeal
... through green agricultural landscapes that reminded me a lot of Denmark and such a contrast to Kazakhstan. Many small villages and towns went by. I decided to have dinner at the restaurant paid for in some strange transaction of Kyrgyzstan som directly to the waiter. I think I got a good bargain - after all, what was I going to do with that money? I had, predictably, plov (fried rive) with yellow carrots, which are common here. I will grow some ...
THE HOLIDAY INN IS NOT A BUDGET HOTEL
Another big day. About 800km. Nothing really to report. My pannier fell off the bike as I was riding along. The lock had broken when I fell in Croatia and I think the bumpy road completely dislodged it. Anna's helmet saves any damage to the pannier but the helmet is binned.
Arrive in Samara very tired and can’t find any hotels. Finding some hotels wont take foreign ...
Samara
... cannelle et au piment, ou le pain Borodinsky aux graines de coriandre.
De nouveau en ville, nous decouvrons un nouveau concept de cinema. On selectionne un DVD dans l'entree, loue une piece privee a l'heure, et l'on peut se vautrer en toute tranquilite sur les sofas en fumant de la shisha ou en commandant divers plat. La curieuse presence de salle de bains et douches ne laissent aucun doute sur l'usage extensif que l'on peut faire de ces lieux. En ce qui ...