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Month: November 2018

Day 184-186, 26-28th November, Novgorod, St Petersburg

07/07/201929/11/2018 by DavidJennyTravel

On the 26th, we drove over 300 miles to Novgorod and, after getting lost because it was dark and I failed to notice that we had crossed the river, finally … Read more

Categories Russia

Day 182-183, November 24-25 Moscow

07/07/201925/11/2018 by DavidJennyTravel

After leaving the splendid Slavyanka Hotel, we went to look at the Tambov cathedral and watched part of a service. There have been a couple of niggling problems with the … Read more

Categories Russia

Day 180-181, November 22-23, Saratov, Tambov

23/11/2018 by DavidJennyTravel

The road from Volgograd to Saratov passes through rolling steppe land. From the top of the hills you can see for dozens of miles and the light was bright (rather … Read more

Categories Russia

Day 177-179, 19-21st November, Volgograd (Stalingrad)

22/11/201821/11/2018 by DavidJennyTravel

We spent much of the 19th relaxing next to the large Islamic graveyard at Kotyayevka and decided to set off for the border about 4 pm in the hope that … Read more

Categories Russia

Day 176, 18th November, Kotyayevka

21/11/201818/11/2018 by DavidJennyTravel

We reached the Russian border two days early, and had to hang around because our Russian visa specified that we had to enter on 20th November. More precisely, we arrived … Read more

Categories Kazakhstan

Day 174-175, 16-17th November, Dossor, Orul

18/11/2018 by DavidJennyTravel

Mile after mile of nothing. The road was utterly appalling and passed a number of small oilfields which seemed to be closed. There were plenty of new tracks in the … Read more

Categories Kazakhstan

Day 172-173, November 15, Nogaity

18/11/2018 by DavidJennyTravel

The temperature was -16 when we woke up at Aktobe. The van took ages to heat up and we sat and shivered. It was a bit of a struggle getting … Read more

Categories Kazakhstan

Day 170-171, November 13-14, Aralkum-Aktobe

15/11/2018 by DavidJennyTravel

Climbing out of the cosy warm bed, I switched on the dashboard of the van to look at the outside temperature. I thought it was a bit cold to be … Read more

Categories Kazakhstan

Day 169, November 12th Baygequm

15/11/2018 by DavidJennyTravel

It was a fine sleet falling as we went to sleep, I optimistically assumed that we wouldn’t get snowed in, although a jovial Russian came up to me and told … Read more

Categories Kazakhstan

Days 166-168, November 9-11,Bishkek-Taras

15/11/2018 by DavidJennyTravel

In the evening of the 9th Gapur knocked on our door and said “Good news. The light has arrived”. In the morning of the 10th, his two friends came round … Read more

Categories Kyrgyzstan
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