Day 112 Jul 30 Mon - Yurt stay in Altai Village - Aral'sk

colourful ladder of the soviet building
Ships left at where it is in Aral'sk today

A fishing port before but now the sea has gone
Aral Hotel

Watching Tower over the Aral sea
We bought these fish caught in the Aral sea , 2 for 100T
Kazakhs women selling dried fish and drinks on the roadside ,no cafe here
Sunset when we arrived at the entrance to Aral'sk

Aral'sk Tower going into the town Aral sea , fast drying up if no conservative efforts to maintain the water.
Watermelon seller,I bought one and they offer one free & a plate of fish noodle
And the very good milk tea
Fish noodles
I am willing to pay this time cos' 3 days no watermelons, I am a bit addicted now!

Today's Distance: 135km

Temp: 26 - 46c
Average Speed: 17.8 max: 34
Time on Bike: 7 hr 34 min
Ave climb: 1& max: 8%
Trip altitude: 227m max: 252m
Today's spending: 1200T
Total Distance to date: 7737km
Total spending to date:19964T

Since entering Kazakhstan on the 15th July, what I have seen about the people of this country , is their friendliness and the welcoming hands always reachout to greet the tourists. But the perfect image was a bit dented with an incident at the roadside cafe , 15km to Aral'sk . There were 2 sisters manning. One of the sister seems not happy when I open the cover of the coldbox looking for cold drinks . I then ordered a bottle of Pepsi when she pointed to the sample on the shelf. She wrote 200T on a paper ,that was double the price on a shop. I wrote back 120T . Almost immediately the other sister grab back the Pepsi without saying anything and put back into the coldbox. What irritates me is her altitude,I am willing to pay 150T or even 200T if she is friendly. We arrived in Aral'sk at sunset 8.30pm and check into the Aral Hotel for 3000T a nite, another former Soviet era building.