At the last update we were celebrating Clare’s birthday in style at the Hotel Central in Barnaul, Russia. Unfortunately, one night at the hotel turned into two – I won’t bore you with the gory details, but let’s just say the services of a reliable bathroom were required.
I think we both would’ve liked to stay another two nights in Barnaul, but sadly the budget wouldn’t stretch that far so we set off south for the Kazakh border. The intention was to camp fairly nearby ready to be first in the queue in the morning. As things turned out we didn’t really see anywhere we fancied worth camping so continued into Kazakhstan, crossing the border sometime around 7pm…..
[Stats: On this leg we travelled 1148km and reached a maximum height of 2490m]