The Karkara border is a rather remote place to cross from Kazakhstan into Kyrgyzstan but we really wanted to do it to save lots of backtracking. We read blogs online and researched as much as possible but it all came down to luck on the day. So here’s how it went down: 8am, 11th July…
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Exploring Kaindy and Kolsai Lakes | Kazakhstan
It was time for us to leave Almaty and head to the village of Saty in the foothills of the Tian Shan Mountains. Within an hour of setting off however, our shared taxi had a blowout and we needed to wait in the scorching sun for the driver to replace it with a completely bald…
Lost in the Mountains of Kazakhstan
“Are we technically lost if we can see our final destination, but can’t find a route to it?” We couldn’t of picked better weather for our hike to the Four Peaks up in Kazakhstans Tian Shan Mountains. The plan was to catch a bus to Medeo, then a shuttle bus up to the ski village…
Flying to Kazakhstan and exploring butterfly filled meadows
We had a very long sleepless night travelling from London to Almaty, Kazakhstan, for the start of our Central Asian adventures. Craig seemed to start the trip in a particularly clumsy manner though. The first incident was when we were queuing up along the aisle of the plane, waiting for everyone to put their bags…