Day 97 Jul 15 Sun - Bishkek to Chaldovar border crossing to Kazakhstan

Dorm bed at the Kazakhstan border for 300 som per bed
Passage way for crossing and passport stamped
Kara Balta 60 km from Bishkek ,we stop for lunch

Sunday car market where seller & buyers meet ,8 km out fr Bishkek
Statue of Lenin Soviet great communist leader still respected by the Kyrgyzs
German & Russian Bikers who speaks no English
Not a very good scenery !
Kyrgyzstan border at Chaldovar ( picture not allow in Kazakstan)

Today's Distance: 100km

Temp:24 - 33c
Average Speed: 17.4 max: 28
Time on Bike: 5 hr 44 min
Ave climb: 2% max:3%
Trip altitude: 179m max: 958m
Today's spending: 167 som + 300 Tenge
Total Distance to date: 6357km
Total spending to date in : 7749 som + 300 Tenge

Morning cycled fr Nomad's Home to British Council to meet up with Heather & Lindsay there. Lindsay will move to stay in Nomad;s Home while Heather & I continue our journey to Kara Balta and hope to cross border to Kazakhstan in Chaldovar abt 100km fr Bishkek.We also changed all our som to Tenge. I had worked out the exchange rate for RM1 .00 = 32 Tenge. Lunch stop at Kara Balta and without much problem,we crossed the border which opens for 24 hour. We were given priority over the others on a queve of abt 10-15 for passport stamping. We stayed in a dorm at the border for 300 Tenge per bed and there are 6 beds in the room. common bathroom but hotshower is lovely. Today's ride was almost flat with a little uphill to Kara balta, hot in the morning & noon , but dizzing rain the late afternoon. Road is busy and bumpy once out of Bishkek and a very busy sunday car market where seller and buyer meet. We are into our 3rd countries in our first day in Kazakhstan.