After driving through Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, we were confronted with a choice: try and drive through Turkmenistan and catch a ferry across the Caspian Sea to Baku, Azerbaijan or drive across the desert, back into Kazakhstan and catch a ferry across the Caspian Sea. After talking with some fellow travelers, overlanders and the guys from […]
Category Archives: Kazakhstan
We are caught up!!!! – Here is Kazakhstan
January 9, 2008 – 4:05 pm
It has now been over 2 months since we were in Kazakhstan, and we are sincerely sorry for the delay in getting caught up on photos. Now that we have had this few days on the Hurtigruten, we will be releasing the latest photo galleries over this week. Today we have Kazakhstan. Since we were […]
Goodbye Blue Tarp
December 30, 2007 – 5:26 am
As most of you are all aware, someone broke into the Sequoia in Kazakhstan and robbed us and in the process of the robbery, the rear passenger window was completely shattered. Since the break-in, we have been using a blue plastic tarp as a make-shift window and have been dealing with the added cold, noise […]
Help!!!
November 23, 2007 – 8:41 am
We are all safe so do not be alarmed by the title of the blog. However, we are in some need of assistance. When Little Pepe got broken into in Kazakhstan, the punk thief stole my entire business card folder. I know business cards are a hot ticket item these days, but seriously. I have […]
Hot Fuzz
November 22, 2007 – 7:53 am
Man, they were everywhere. I have never seen so many cops in my entire life, most of whom seemed to be doing nothing of real significance aside from creating problems instead of solving them. Where pray tell might I be talking about? Well, I am talking about Russia and the former Soviet republics. You would […]
The Times They are a Changing
November 20, 2007 – 12:52 am
Believe it or not, time seems to fly by pretty quickly on the World by Road. Even though we were hiking through the sweltering heat and humidity of the jungles of Endau Rompin Malaysia over five months ago, it basically seems like yesterday. The scenery did not change much and the temperature essentially remained the […]
Out of Asia
November 18, 2007 – 3:15 am
We are nearing our end in Asia. From Indonesia to Russia we went spanned the continent South to North. From China to Turkey we will have made the passage from East to West. In covering this vast continent, we have encountered bandits, sand storms, snow storms, bears, foxes, cobras, camels, and countless geographical challenges. We […]
Apparently, We Are Not Alone
November 7, 2007 – 6:01 am
We have been through a descent number of countries on our way around the world, have seen our fair share of cars and have a pretty good grasp on the type of cars that seem to be most prevalent. Without a doubt, Toyota comes in as the heavyweight to date in terms of the sheer […]
It Was Bound To Happen
October 23, 2007 – 3:13 am
It was bound to happen. We knew in the planning phases of this expedition that even though you can minimize your exposure to theft, you can never fully protect yourself from it. We expected that we would become victims of theft at some point on the expedition, but it still does not make it any […]
Anomalty
October 23, 2007 – 2:16 am
Having watched the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, I could not help but develop some preconceived notions of what Kazakhstan would be like, even though I knew the movie was fictitious and filmed entirely outside of Kazakhstan. My preconceived notions of Kazakhstan and its largest city, Almaty, […]
