Shymkent – Kazakhstan’s Third-Largest City.
Watermelon pink walls – Ouch! The overnight train trip to Shymkent, Kazakhstan’s third-largest city, was fairly uneventful and almost comfortable if it wasn’t for the fact the Air-Con only worked when the train was moving rapidly and that wasn’t all...
Lots of Things to Do In Almaty
Green Market – Almaty As much as we would have probably liked to sleep till midday, we had lots of things to do in Almaty (AKA Alma – Ata) before we could start to enjoy ourselves. After our somewhat traumatic 23 hour crossing from China, I was totally...
Dodgy, Dodgy Exit From China to Almaty – Kazakhstan
After 8 weeks in China, and some super-long Chinese train trips, we were ready to move onto the next part of our Silk Road Adventure – THE STANS in Central Asia. The first cab off the rank was Almaty in Kazakhstan, but getting there wasn’t going to be a...
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