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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 17/25 - 26th August - Almaty, Kazakhstan - City 10/15 - Country 6/9

At the mall Basically we had salad and bread for breakfast. We left cash behind for payment in the apartment and went for coffee at a place close-by. Recharged after the coffee we went to the MegaPark shopping mall where I splurged and bought 3 bottles of Kazakh wine. I also went to a Turkish cooking shop and got a baking tin which was patterned, it was meant for cakes but I will use it for bread. The guy serving us was from China, an Uyghur and he took out his phone and film

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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 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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