The Kazak interior

After messing around for an hour and a half trying to get Kazak temporary residency registration at the hotel (required for exit from Kazakstan), we got cracking across the Kazak interior. It was a breath of fresh air to see the Kazak enjoying 'proper' recreation - jetski's, offroad trail riding and lot's of camping by lakesides. A quick stop for a coke break, and we spotted the local takeaway delivery driver;

Continuing though the interior, over small hill ranges and plains, there were a handful of small villages straddling the road;

After a couple of hours, we pulled over at a yurt-cafe, for shashlik.

Eventually,we pulled over at the designating camp, and were soon met by 3 Germans who were travelling a similar route but in the opposite direction;

Finally, we located a camp by the river;