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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 14/25 - 23rd August - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - City 10/15 - Country 7/9

Our driver Just after breakfast we packed up and met our driver for "Bishkek" one potential driver said he was Kyrgyz and could go all the way, but this guy assured us. "Bishkek, Bishkek yes, yes, yes, Bishkek". Not far from our hotel in Shymkent, the driver picked up a mystery traveller and off we went. Dust Devil I have no idea what speeds we were doing and I was afraid to look, but I recon about 150-180 km/h. Every so often we would slow down as oncoming traffic would warn

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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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