10 August 2008: Chelyabinsk – Ufa Another stopping point in our long route towards Moscow… The Routes of the Olive Tree have reached Ufa today.A simple stop in our trip,we slept in a hotel nearby the airport. We went through the Ural mountain during the day… we’re now riding away from the Silk Road, towards …
9 August 2008: Kurgan-Chelyabinsk Our stay in Kurgan was really short, we got the time to “enjoy” the cold and rainy weather of the city, as well as hotel rooms without any hot water in the shower, which is quite normal for a hotel in this region! A cold wind coming from Siberia, after the …
8 August 2008: Burabai – Kurgan The entrance into Russia has been the most complicated one we’ve had since the beginnig of our trip. The participants had to wait long hours before they managed to leave late in the evening, especially the one in the lorry and the bus of the Routes of the Olive …
6 & 7 August 2008: Termitau – Burabai For our last stop in Kazakhstan, we decided not to stop in the capital city, but to settle our tents few kilometres away, around the Burabai Lake. This region is in total contrast with the road wo rode before in the country. Because of the forest and …