SHYMTEK - KAZAKHSTAN 481 km (total 7247 km)

We left Samarkhanda after seeing what must have been the coolest entry of the Mongol Rally, ever - the red double-decker of the Kremlin team.

We did learn how to read maps, and we crossed the Kazak border in the afternoon, and got the usual package, tips, money, visa, car, 10 different counters and 10 different stamps.

Staying over in Shymkent, in a rather suspicious hotel...