Day 114 / 115 Aug 1/2 Wed/Thu - Confirmed Train Ticket and Bike transportation to Atyrau
Kazakhstan currency in 10000/5000/2000/1000/500/200T. The 2000 & 500 notes not in picture,but they are different only in color.
A really " nice " place to prepare our meals
This is my dinner , not bad ehhh?
Good services provided by this information centre in Aral'sk
Train station in Aral'sk
English lesson class at the centre, the blue dress on the right is the teacher
Town centre ,the blue building is the bank
Mini market in one of the street
The prime minister of Kazakhstan,everyway you can see his poster
Woman stone statue
Bank
Another stone statue of woman carrying her baby 
People's square in Aral'skTwo days spending: 6400T
Total Distance to date: 7695km
Total spending to date: 28464T
Total Distance to date: 7695km
Total spending to date: 28464T
Our plan is to leave on Wed Aug 01 ,but the train to Atyrau only available on Friday Aug 03 at 0055 hour, so we have to stay for another day.But glad that everything is confirmed,the ticket and the bike. The cost of ticket is 3475T and the bike transportation fee 1200T without the panniers,so we have to handcarry to the cabin. The train will arrive in Atyrau on the same day 2010hour , hopefully can find lodging at the station,or else we had to sleep on the floor.In Aral'sk ,there is nothing much you can do as a tourist except sleeping ,cooking ,lazing at the hotel room ,or go for the internet at the information centre while waiting for the time to leave. There is no eating out culture here , you can't find food stall around and for every meals ,we had to cook inside the hotel bathroom. Fortunately we have our own cooking utensils. We met some British Rally drivers at the same hotel ,they are driving the cars to Mongolia, not to rally but to aution away the cars and the money go to charity organisation there.
8 comments:
Alamak! lost my appetite lah seeing the toilet bowl and cooking in same photo. Was the room carpeted or not 'fire proof?'
Chris
Mr. Meng, hope you have a good ride on the old train.
As you are entering Russia, the famous caviar country (maybe they are all polluted and little produced), a quote from wiki may help:
"Contemporary black caviar is roe from sturgeon fished from the Caspian Sea, by Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia and Kazakhstan. The highest prices paid are for the Beluga, Ossetra, and Sevruga varieties...."
Of course expensive, did u try it out?
Also the Volga River, remember the old Volga song, see if can find any old fisherman who can actually sing it. Next big city is Volgograd, going to get lost there?
I am sort of traveling along with you, hoping to see next famous scenery with up-to-date pictures.
Good decision.This small buildings Heather is wondering about are old Soviet army bunkers.All the best!
Hi Meng,
Your blog will make a great book and will sell well due to the vety interesting stories and pictures.
I bet you are missing home !
Looking forward to riding with you in KL
Chris,
sorry for that,but my appetite was good, when you are out in central asia,nothing is impossible.The sleeping room is carpeted but not the bathroom.
xiao wong,
r u going to Astrakhan ,sochi & cross the black sea to Turkey?Hope to ride with you.
brane,
Making decision is part and parcel when u r out on this type of long adventure,lots of things doesn't work as planned.Hope to see you in KL . How long u will be in KL?
Mr. Meng
Perhaps I was not clear enough.
I meant to travel along with you in INTERNET, not physically riding on a bicycle like you to go to Russia.
Hope u already gotten your bike and set sail to Russia...
Have fun.
Xiao Wong
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