Hi Agzas,
Your project looks good, tho I think your 4 weeks figure is a bit optimistic, as this won't leave really much free time for all the impredictable things that WILL happen en route.
I drove the Aktioubinsk Almaty Route through Aralsk a few years ago and unless it's been rebuilt since (which I'm unaware of), you should take into account that the road is pretty much busted from 100 km after Aktobe to about kyzylorda. If you plan to visit the leninsk base and aral boats, then drive all the way through KZ to Novosibirsk and back, the whole thing in UAZ (which is a brilliant idea, btw, I love those!), you'd better refubish the cars like new and still count on some breakdowns.
We zoomed back from Almaty to Switzerland through Semipalatinsk, Omsk, Moscow, Latvia, Poland and Germany that time, and believe me, it was a race. we managed the 10'000 kms in a month, but w/o seeing much and the roads were far better than around the aral sea!!
Anyway, good luck, and wish we could meet somewhere on the road, this eclipse things appeal a great deal to me!! Cheers, Seb
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