Jul 27 2008
Kazakhstan - Shimkent to Almaty
Many French imported lorries and buses in Kazakhstan
Typical Soviet food: Salad, Rice
Soviet food: Guliash
Soviet food: Plov
Kazakhstan 2030: when everything will be right
Kazakh precision - on top of 1200m pass, 160km from Almaty
Bivouac between Shimkent and Taraz
Taraz Mosque
Bivouac in the high steppe 150km from Almaty
Leaving Shimkent
Shimkent to Taraz
Taraz to Almaty
Setting up camp
Schwalbe XR tyres are not indestructible - tube poking through hole after 7000km
Praying Mantis
Large spider
Another big spider
Free Tibet!
Looking for a bivouac at dusk
Not feeling good after 4th day with the runs
Village near Almaty
Cowboy on the road
Camp in a field
Signing autographs for Kazakh girls
Arnaud, Olivier (rouk), Olivier (petit jedi) at Valentinas Guesthouse in Almaty
Dorm room in Almaty (20 quid a night)
Bike cleaning in Almaty
Front of the embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Almaty
Cheesy Eiffel Tower replica in Almaty
Hotel Kazakhstan in Almaty
Free wifi in Hotel Kazakhstan, Almaty
Nazarbayev palace in Almaty
Climbing the water pipe to Big Almaty Lake
Big Almaty Lake (2500m)
Big Almaty Lake (30km South of Almaty)
Olivier and his cool glasses
Near Big Almaty Lake
Near Big Almaty Lake. Olivier (petit jedi), Arnaud, Olivier (rouk), Sandrine (whom we met at the dormitory)
Walking back to the valley
House in the mountains
Old man in the mountains near Almaty
Following the road back to Almaty
Olivier (petit Jedi) setting off alone to Kyrgyzstan
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