Tag Archives: Kazakhstan ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ

octopi

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Woke up in my room and saw the light shining through the window: Suddenly everything felt a little less spooky than before. The dead dog was still there though. I was told that the necessary “tools” to remove his body were missing. I had breakfast with Hamzat, a Russian of Chechen origin: Really cool guy. […]


sleep, God’s creature, sleep

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Got going in the early morning: By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock YouTube I was looking at white mountains in the distance: And at a snowy expanse at my side: At one point, I ran into Chalymzhan, who was driving a herd of sheep next to […]


from the suite to the white line

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At some point I realized that I was actually staying in what was a suite in this Soviet-style guesthouse. I had a giant bathroom: A room with some couches: And a bedroom: It was easy to imagine a Communist Party bigwig some thirty or forty years ago staying here, enjoying the amenities of the suite. […]


WTF snow?!

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When I woke up, I was able to feel the physical dimensions of my skull. So I decided to stay put. After a while I went out and played with some dogs outside: By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock YouTube Felt better after that. Then I […]


just say no

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The time-lapse thingy from the night before turned out okay: By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock YouTube I got on the road at around eight, and I took a shadow selfie when I did: …which was later outdone by a bunch of people on social media. […]


board games for pants

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Wore my long pants for the first time today: Or rather, I had worn them before, but never when I was walking. But today I thought, yes, it’s cold enough for long pants! Before the edge of town I stopped in a little shop and got some water, and the shop owner gave me a […]


my pink blanket

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Today I decided that I needed a blanket. Because what if I ended up in a situation where I had to camp or sleep in a cold room? I only had a summer sleeping bag with me, and I wanted a blanket badly. So I walked around town looking for the local bazaar. I found […]


climax without

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Enjoyed staying in today. Looked out the window and saw a backyard: With a truck in it: Replied to some emails, wrote some stuff, sorted some photos: And I put almost all of my clothes into the washing machine in the basement: Then I went out to look for some food, eventually ending up in […]


leap of elegance

Woke up with a sore back and left the hotel. Everyone was still asleep, and the place had a sort of classy feel to it: Then I made my way through the border: I can’t show you any photos of the border controls, because they don’t like being photographed or filmed there. I can only […]


Bishkek

It had been such a good night: a quiet room, a hot shower, a comfy bed. I almost didn’t want to leave. But leave I did. The Caboose had been staying out here, in the backyard of the hotel: We made our way through Korday, the border town. It had a movie theater: It had […]


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When I woke up I realized that the storm was gone: I looked out of the tent and saw clouds rolling over Korday pass: By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock YouTube But that was okay. I wasn’t scared anymore. So I packed up and grabbed the […]


one in nine hundred thousand

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When I woke up I felt very tired. It had indeed been a noisy night. The restaurant was open 24/7, and there were always patrons who came in late at night for some tea and some snacks. By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock YouTube Still, I […]


House of Osman

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Finally, I stepped out of the door, got my Caboose, loaded her up and started walking again. The land was vast and empty. Sometimes I would see people harvesting: Sometimes I would see farmhouses: Sometimes I would see people, like this old lady waiting for someone to take her to the village: Or cows just […]


viva la vash!

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Stayed in today to finish the rest of my laundry: By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock YouTube Spent the remainder of the day hanging out at Avrazia. The place is in the middle of nowhere, yet it has everything. A gas station and some shops: A […]


Teddy’s indifference

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Woke up, grabbed my stuff and went to do an interview: Luckily, it was in English. I am not yet sure where and when it is going to be available. But I will let you know as soon as I know. The whole team was very friendly. Only Teddy The Dog seemed a bit indifferent. […]


is there a ninth circle?

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Had to wait until five in the afternoon. This was the time at which I had been told to go back to Window Number Four. So I went at five, and I when I did, I was expecting to enter yet another circle. The ninth one, the one right before the center of the universe. […]


seventh and eighth circle

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I woke up in a hotel room that had a nice colorful wallpaper: Ah, I thought, today is starting just right! Then I went to meet up with my friend Virgil. We were armed with a bunch of signed documents we had received at the police station and at the court the day before: So […]


circles three through six

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So the person behind the window (it had been window number 4) had told us to go to a certain address the next morning. The next morning – that was today. So we went to this building that looked like it was from Soviet times: And within the building, it seemed to be just corridors: […]


first and second circle

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Okay, so this entry is actually not only about today, but also about yesterday. For once I had arrived at Avrazia, I decided to hitch a ride to the border right away. So I went to the other side of the road and stood there for a while: Hitchhiking turned out to be harder than […]


Kurdistan

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Woke up in my tent, and hell yes, I was still alive: And except for my friends (the cows) having disappeared, everything was just the way it should be: It took me almost an hour to pack up all my stuff: By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always […]