Aktobe, Kazakhstan

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Travel Blogs from Aktobe (4)

Last stop in Kazakhstan, Schymkent, Kazakhstan travel blog
Last stop in Kazakhstan
Oct 5, 2006

Arrived by night train (nobody can snore louder than the kazakhs) and decided to check out the city of Schymkent before I crossed the border into Uzbekistan. I set out on a 5 part plan: 1) leave my bag at the train station 2) go for a coffee at the ...

A travel blog entry by johnkramer
train ride: actau to aktobe fun fun fun, Aktobe, Kazakhstan travel blog
train ride: actau to aktobe fun fun fun
Jan 25, 2007

... . yuk!! the first day on the train and i looked out the window, enjoying watching the frozen wasteland that is western kazakhstan go by. i ate. i slept. i read my books. i talked, or, rather, communicated, with my kazakh uzbeki friends. i walked up ...

A travel blog entry by dougfranks
Not Good News, Shimkent, Kazakhstan travel blog
Not Good News
Feb 24, 2006

... , but I know he too has health issues. In the meantime, I'm trying to take away what good I can. The people I've met from Kazakhstan have been very nice and generous to me. The driver in Kzyl Orda was very cute in that on the second day when I got in ...

A travel blog entry by travelmom
Update from Shimkent, SHIMKENT, Kazakhstan travel blog
Update from Shimkent
Feb 23, 2006

Wednesday I visited the orphange in Kzyl Orda. There were only two children to see. Very sweet boys, both with severe developmental issues. Unfortunately, not children I'm able to care for. We left Kzyl Orda in a taxi around 5 p.m. for a wild five ...

A travel blog entry by travelmom

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