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| School kids (age 10-11) - see more below |
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| Endless roads across endless steppe! (3000km so far) |
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| Many of our routes run beside the railway |
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| Golden Oriole |
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| Road stop near Denisovka |
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| This reminds us of Ely Cathedral (Ship of the Fens), many towns in northern Kaz have huge "cathedrals" to collective agriculture in the form of grain silos like this one at Denisovka. Many of these appear now to be in disuse & dilapidation |
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| The only rock outcrp we have seen on the steppes so far was this river gorge at Denisovka, this was also the site of the only Common Ravens we have seen in Kaz so far. |
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| Gate guardian to a collective farm |
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| Entering Rudnyi |
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| Our first forest camp - and ticks |
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| Filling a jerry can at a village standpipe |
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| This chap explained the intricacies of the workings of the standpipe to us, as we could not get it to work. |
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| Local shop keepers |
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| More school kids |
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| Mike is asked for his autograph! It was quite chilly that day but the little girl seemed to be dressed for winter! |
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| Handsome spider - body & head about 2.5cm, colours suggest it may well be poisonous |
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| Dilapidated farm buildings from Soviet era |
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| Imperial Eagle nest campsite |
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| One of many dusty drives in northen Kaz - note bumps signpost which should actually say 200km |
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| Carol joins the war against dust! |
Hello Mike and Carol
ReplyDeleteI've been a very bad follower this last week or two, but just had a lovely half hour catching up with your adventures and looking at some really great photos.
As I can see others have already said, it remained wet and cold here until the middle of last week when the sun eventually arrived. Several lovely hot days, but we are back to 'normal' again today.
It looks like you got local strawberries a lot earlier than us, Alan Noble had his first ones Friday, lovely and sweet and the crops looking good he tells us.
Forgot to mention last time that your Geese remain active so seems they are liking their habitat.
Eddy and I are off tomorrow, nothing as adventurous as you, night train to Barcelona (I've an aversion to planes if there's an alternative) then sailing round the Greek islands.
Take care both of you, safe travels and will catch up with you when we get home.
B x
Meant to say, awesome spider, would love to see that one in the flesh.
ReplyDeleteB x
im sooooooooo jealous!!! pictures are looking more and more familiar as you get closer!! I'm sure my train was just like that one. loving the war against dust outfit carol- very fetching!!
ReplyDeletePictures and blogs are a great morning read!!
Take care,
Alice xx