Taraz, kazakhstan
Early start away from the dirty hotel we stayed at, first impressions were good but in the rooms it was falling apart and when I pulled my bed sheet back there were bed bugs running across. Next day We drove all day to taraz and we have a Nice room. Dan got fined for speeding which worked out about 4 dollars from 75 originally asked. We also got stopped 3 times. Mostly to shake hands. We drank some holy water and had our vehicle blessed by this guy who had gold teeth and is also a boxer… When I shook his hand I could feel loose bones. Tommorow we are in almaty and we will have a day off as we are getting quite tired. So 11 police stops, 1 fine, 1 souvenir, 1 tip to police for helping us with police escort.
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