STEBO'S BLOG

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I am Stephen. I was born in Dublin, Ireland, I now live in Rotterdam, the Netherlands since 2003. I love cooking, travel and learning new languages.

Asia Tour 2026 - Day 16/25 - 25th August - Almaty, Kazakhstan - City 11/15 - Country 6/9

Bus to Almaty Breakfast time again, I love breakfast made to order! This time I had the "fried eggs with vegetables" that turned out to be an omelette with vegetables, it was okay, edible. On the bus We ordered a taxi to the bus station which was completely full with tourists, up to this point I had not seen so many tourists at all. It was only 11km to the border and we arrived to see a huge cue of all kinds of vehicles waiting to be checked through. On the bus we already mad

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Asia Tour 2026 - Day 15/25 - 24th August - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - City 10/15 - Country 7/9

Shakshuka We hadn't ordered breakfast when booking, that was extra. It wasn't a buffet but actually made to order breakfast which I prefer! I ordered shakshuka and Stanislav order fried eggs and porridge. The market We wrote our postcards then went for a long walk through the city, stopping at Paul for coffee. We walked to the Ak Emmir market, small compared to what we already had seen, but it sold fruits, cheese, nuts, alcohol and even French style bread. MIG21 The next chal

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Asia Tour 2026 - Day 13/25 - 22nd August - Shymkent, Kazakhstan - City 9/15 - Country 6/9

Our driver and his car I was pretty much over my "Dushanbelly" episode but I decided a modest breakfast. We were to meet our driver at 08:30 at the entrance of the hotel, it was 08:25 and as I was messaging him he texted "I am here" in English, he was right in front of us. He immediately picked up our bags and loaded them into the car. He was a gentle and humble soul. The border It was about an hour and we had left behind the parched brown landscape of Tajikistan, it was kin

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Asia Tour 2026 - Day 12/25 - 21st August - Khujand, Tajikistan - City 8/15 - Country 5/9

View of the mountains from our hotel Our first "full day" of Khujand and I could barely eat. I was still suffering from "Dushanbelly". I tried my best balancing hydration with butt clenching for the rest of the day. Zoroastrian statue We visited a wonderful museum and met a friendly German lady. The museum had many artefacts dating back 2400 years. What I really liked were the Zoroastrian statues and sculptures. Book of multi-lingual sayings The gift shop was nice and I got H

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Asia Tour 2026 - Day 11/25 - 20th August - Khujand, Tajikistan - City 8/15 - Country 5/9

Our taxı I woke up with "Dushanbelly" and could only eat half an egg and a small piece of bread. The toilet also became clogged and I needed to use the loo at the reception. Pit stop I opened the "Jura" taxi app and ordered a taxi which he accepted straight away for our journey to Khujand for 1227 Somani thats about 120 euros. Our driver was very friendly and had great English but I also got to practise my Tajik. Pretty much immediately after starting our journey, we had to c

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