1 August: Shymkent – Almaty That day was essentially dedicated to riding. Eventually, the riders of the Route of the Olive Tree have settled their camping site few kilometres away from Almata, which is the second most important city in Kazakhstan as well as the ancient capital city of the country. We’ve been warmly welcomed …
31 July 2008: Tashkent – Shymkent The routine of passing the border restarts for our passing from Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan.We arrived late in the night in Chymkent where we had a dinner and slept on a parking in the open-air, under the protection of the local police. In few days we should be into China. …
30 July 2008: Tashkent On the occasion of our stop in Tashkent, famous for its huge greek community (more than 15000 greek people currently live in the city), a protocol of collaboration has been signed between the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Tashkent and Messenia. In the night, the greek community with other representatives …
29 July 2008: Samarkand – Tashkent Because of the Routes of the Olive Tree’s bus breakdown of the air conditioning, the bus got stuck in Samarkand till late in the afternoon in order to be fixed. Meanwhile, the riders peacefully drew up to the capital city of the country, Tashkent, where we stopped for a …