Almaty, kazakhstan
P50: we have just arrived in Almaty, very busy place, surrounded by mountains. We looked for hotels but was hard work at rush hour. We are now having a day off as we have been working hard since prague, even then it still involved driving. So we are not gonna drive at all and just chill and sleep and eat lots. Eating is difficult so we have both lost weight, the mongol slim fast diet contains no breakfast, small evening meal and lots of driving. I got stopped twice by the rozzers again today, big smile from myself and a handshake did the trick and we were sent on or way. Big moutains too way which looked gorgeous. Lovely mountain roads too. Sunday we are aiming for semey, not sure if it is possible to do in a long day? Heading back to that awful russian border for a nice long wait and being mucked about. One thing is the kazak people are so helpful and lots of handshaking. So 13 police stops, 1 fine, 1 souvenir, 1 tip to police for helping us with police escort.
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