Onwards and eastwards. The flat land continued and slowly became dryer and less fertile. The field size grew and eventually became mainly barren.
The faces of the people have changed too, to more of that central Asian appearance.
And the police checkpoints have become more frequent and more of a pain. This morning I think I was accused of being drunk while driving, or perhaps the mention of vodka and beer by the officers was a request for me to donate them a bottle. Eventually they got bored and we were allowed to leave.
Later in the day, the other two drivers were pulled over at a checkpoint for overtaking across a single white line - something we had been seeing others doing all day long. The only word of English the officer seemed to know was "Dollar". So much for Russia not being the biggest fan of the US. The cost was $50 each.
Tonight we are camped about 300km from the Kazachstan border.
Lat 46 09.83
Long 45 20.46
Distance 6250
Thanks again for the co-ordinates Mark, shame about the local plod!
ReplyDeleteLooking at the sat pictures from Google..if you are going to follow the A-154 there is some interesting countryside coming up :-)
Mmm yes I have followed you once or twice and had the same thoughts lol!
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