Apparently the train journey from Moscow to Kazakhstan is so boring that your brain enters an unparalleled state of meditation. Four days of endless steppes: higher brain functions shut down. Internet posters seem to feel that this is an acceptable risk, and even consider it a good thing. I hope they're right. I'm applying for a Kazakh visa tomorrow morning.
I was surprised to learn that Almaty is one of the fifty most expensive cities in the world. Accommodation sites don't disagree: Almaty will be the best part of $100 per night. After a month of hostel dorms, the bathrobe luxury of the business hotel might seem as mind-altering as the steppes.
31 days.
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