{"id":416,"date":"2007-10-30T00:08:23","date_gmt":"2007-10-30T05:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/wordpress\/2007\/10\/30\/update-from-the-stans\/"},"modified":"2007-10-30T00:08:23","modified_gmt":"2007-10-30T05:08:23","slug":"update-from-the-stans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/2007\/10\/30\/update-from-the-stans","title":{"rendered":"Update From the &#8220;Stans&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone. In-between trying to figure out visas for the rest of the  Central Asia countries we are attempting to cross, still taking account for what  exactly got stolen from us in Almaty and meeting some new friends, I thought I  would give everyone a quick update. We are currently in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and  we like it here a lot. It is a nice change from Kazakhstan and after some of our  experiences there, it was great to get out. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"466\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/Steve%20Bouey\/AppData\/Roaming\/Windows%20Live%20Writer\/PostSupportingFiles\/a8e65032-8ba1-4b41-ad1f-301f7cf49f97\/DSCN1562%5B4%5D.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN1562\" \/> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image\/DSCN1562.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">TWBR and Sergi in Karakol, KG<\/p>\n<p>The border crossing into Kyrgyzstan was one of the most uneventful crossings  we have had to date, but the fresh foot of snow on the ground made for an action  packed couple of hours as we helped to pull cars out of ditches and snow banks  upon arrival into Stan number two. We spent a few nights in Karakol, a town on  the SE corner of the second largest freshwater lake in the world and enjoyed the  company of Sergi and his family at Yak Tours Guesthouse. <\/p>\n<p>After leaving Karokol, we slowly made our way to Bishkek, stopping along the  way to help some people in a small village put out a fire that had started in  their hay barn. Unfortunately we were unable to prevent the near total loss of  their winter stores due to the intensity of the fire and lack of easily  accessible water or a fire brigade. It was a humbling experience for everyone  involved. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image\/DSCN1574.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>Bouey working hard, but in the end it was too little too  late<\/p>\n<p>In Bishkek, we met up with the guys and gal from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/trabanttrek.org\">Trabant Trek.<\/a>&nbsp;Three  Americans, two guys from Spain and the UK and a girl from Hungary are driving  three very small, unpredictable Russian cars all the way to Cambodia. We started  talking with the guys from Trabant Trek back when we were in Malaysia to  exchange ideas about how to get across China, so meeting up in Kyrgyzstan was  pretty cool. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we are off to get our visas for Uzbekistan right now  and then try figure out a way across the Caspian Sea without ending up on a  rusting, partially sinking Russian freighter or being held captive by its  inebriated crew. Internet is fairly cheap here in the Stans, but the kicker is  they charge you by the MB for data transfer&#8230; our negotiating skills, as well  as our Russian are getting better, so maybe we can avoid the transfer fees and  get some more photos and blogs up for everyone out there following us.&nbsp; Oh yeah,  the TWBR crew is now four strong&#8230; Steve and myself, our friend Karie from back  home in Denver and Tash from the red center of Australia who joined up with us  when we said we were fleeing Almaty.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/Steve%20Bouey\/AppData\/Roaming\/Windows%20Live%20Writer\/PostSupportingFiles\/a8e65032-8ba1-4b41-ad1f-301f7cf49f97\/DSCN1619%5B4%5D.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN1619\" \/> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image\/DSCN1619.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">2 Toyotas = 3 Trabants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone. 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