hi Kirsten,
yes, Grant is right, I traveled Kazakhstan, Sibiria and Mongolia last summer. But now I am in warm Thailand going to Laos next.
If you go: Go in the summer. Learn as much Russian as pos. Learn to drink wodka with to amazing frindly Russians, but don't drink with total strangers. Keep your paperwork as right as pos. Never pay to a policeman. And the most important: NEVER fly your bike into Almaty, or you have enough money to give away hundred dollar bills like cigaretts.
I loved travelling Sibiria and the Far East of Russia, but Mongolia was a bit of a disapointment.
More on my website www.bike-forum.de/weltreise
and before you leave home I will have the report about Kazakhstan also in English
Have fun MIKA
|