A day of driving into the former capital Almaty, highlighted by a police checkpoint where both Simon and I failed to come to a complete stop at their stop sign. Simon got away with it as the officer he was talking to failed to stop several other cars who also failed to stop while they we discussing the situation.
The officer I was talking to was clearly a bit short in his holiday fund so our discussion went on for longer and once we'd established that he did not wish to issue a formal ticket, we could negotiate a small contribution to said fund (in US dollars, of course)
The rest of the drive went without a hitch and we negotiated the traffic to find our chosen city centre hotel relatively easily. At £75 for a double room for a night, it's not cheap, but we've saved so much on all the free camping in Kazachstan we feel we should put something back into the economy.
Lat 43 15.65
Long 76 55.98
City Almaty
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