Russianized, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyz for a Month
Are you Russianized? Even though there are some very nice stretches of highway, their not afraid to drop a BUMPY ROAD next 200 km sign on ya. This is part of the Transiberia Highway outside of Irkutsk. The rule while driving is you can go anywhere on either side at anytime. You can do it, and expect them to do it. It's not that bad after you loosen up your grip a little and quit white knuckling the steering wheel.
After driving all day in the dust, you can still find sweet spots along the way..........
Made it through the Russia-Kazakhstan border and headed south through Kazakhstan to a country I didn't even realize existed..... Kyrgyz Republic. Before we got there, we found out just how big Kazakhstan is....in fact we found out later it's the seventh biggest country in the world...the point is you don't just zip through these countries. Besides the size of the country we were an absolute traffic police target. Pulled over probably ten times within the first two hours driving in Kazakhstan.
Keepin it simple, build with what your given............
Our friends Tim and Barbie above and Ramil and Naku below........We thought we would swing through Kyrgyzstan real quick and keep headin west to the Caspian Sea, we ended up staying a month and just about decided to stay there for a lot longer......

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Great to hear of your progress! We will keep praying,
Dave and Feruza