Astana

We are in the capital of Kazkhstan. It took us quite a few days to get here from Kostanay as the Shogun had to be fixed up and we got lost a lot.

On route to Astana the Hilux snapped a leaf spring so had to fix it in Astana. This gave the rest of us a day to take in the pretty terrible sights of Astana. Our goal was to walk to the tower that is all the Kazak money. On route we managed to go on some rusty pedalos, go on a horse ride round a fountain and visit a mini Kazkhstan thing that was extremelly odd. After 6 hours of walking we finally made it to the tower, it was faily impressive. We got in a lift and went to the top, where in typical Kazak style there was plenty of odd things to be seen.

We'r now heading south to lake Balqash, then onto the Russian border.