Day 98 Jul 16 Mon - Chaldovar - Podgornoye village

Mud bricks for making house wall
Mr & Mrs Kosbach little house Mr & Mr Kosbach who hosted us for a free nite with dinner & breakfast
Good times at dinner table

Kazakhs soldier
Looking for water
Then we found this water shooting out in a tiny jet
Stopping at the village and got a surprise free homestay
Podgornoye village with the great mountain view at the back

A German cyclist Mickael gave us a useful info on the route we are going
Bus stop in Kazakhstan
Uzbeks ethnic operating a cafe stall in Kara Balta
A Map of Kazakhstan outside the office where we got our passport immigration card stamped
A Tower on the road with muslim doom design

Today's Distance: 106km

Temp:26 - 34c
Average Speed: 16.4 max: 47
Time on Bike: 6 hr 24 min
Ave climb: 1% max:7%
Trip altitude: 290m max: 950 m
Today's spending: 555 som
Total Distance to date: 6463km
Total spending to date: 855 Tenge

It is really feel good to hit century mark for the last 2 days. In Kyrgyzstan mountain pass ,we were struggling to reach even 50 km,but the sceneries you enjoy worth every hard pedelling.Here in Kazakhstan, the sceneries is so plain,nothing worth mention,never see people working on the field,no great river,no irrigation. The prices of food and drinks are more expensive than in China & Kyrgyzstan , even Malaysia.The road is not properly maintain,often rough and uneven.But one good thing among all the negatives parts is , I met this boy while stopping at a village looking for stay at abt 7.00pm. He together with a bunch of kids on their russian -made bicycle asked me all the normal question but he speaks good English. " Any place to stay in this village?" " Yes!Yes!" he replied " My house! come come". But I had another fren behind ." no problem,no problem" and when they saw Heather ,they cycled there to give her a welcome. This boy is really amazing to invite strangers to his house without first getting approval from his parents. We were escorted like VIP to his house .