{"id":210,"date":"2010-09-26T10:27:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T10:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/?p=210"},"modified":"2010-09-27T02:00:53","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T02:00:53","slug":"kazakhstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/?p=210","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drove along some fairly barren landscapes with what\u00a0appeared to be unused delapidated Russian buildings &#8211; nuclear testing sprung to mind?? Drove to Semey to a very BASIC hotel which I suspect also doubled as a brothel!\u00a0 The people are incredibly nice and very friendly, driving fast to overtake then slowing right down in front of you so they can get a good look&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/files\/2010\/09\/IMG_6192.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-211\" src=\"http:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/files\/2010\/09\/IMG_6192-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/files\/2010\/09\/IMG_6257.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-212\" src=\"http:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/files\/2010\/09\/IMG_6257-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>We then drove to Usharal (581km) for another night of camping (Craig is\u00a0now completely cured of camping!)\u00a0and are now at Almaty (551km) for two well deserved\u00a0days of \u00a0respite.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/files\/2010\/09\/IMG_6266.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-225\" src=\"http:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/files\/2010\/09\/IMG_6266-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/files\/2010\/09\/IMG_6266-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/files\/2010\/09\/IMG_6266-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/files\/2010\/09\/IMG_6195.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-226\" src=\"http:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/files\/2010\/09\/IMG_6195-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/files\/2010\/09\/IMG_6195-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/files\/2010\/09\/IMG_6195-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drove along some fairly barren landscapes with what\u00a0appeared to be unused delapidated Russian buildings &#8211; nuclear testing sprung to mind?? Drove to Semey to a very BASIC hotel which I suspect also doubled as a brothel!\u00a0 The people are incredibly nice and very friendly, driving fast to overtake then slowing right down in front of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marshall.blogtown.co.nz\/?p=210\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kazakhstan&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1984,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Kazakhstan - Peking to Paris","description":"Drove along some fairly barren landscapes with what\u00a0appeared to be unused delapidated Russian buildings - nuclear testing sprung to mind?? 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