Kazakistan by Daniele Somenzi
Stato: KAZAKHSTAN (KZ)
Kazakhstan
This great country mostly desert, except the south, since the deviamento of the river that fed the Aral Sea, the water here, range of force fed agriculture. many say it is a terrible mistake to drain the sea of aral, other than with the water is diverted for other prosperity. mah, one thing is certain, that sea of aral is now third in size than before and will disappear in a few years, with its fishermen and all those who lived to fish, will mean that will make farmers where way their water.
Within the extreme western border from Russia, pass a river that divides the two states with an even lighter loads of cars and trucks full of straw all burglary. The Kazakhs, I look and with a cigarette in your mouth and look curious about my bike for 16 years, that we would already be carried by sfascino, while you would be a lady motorcycle. I do not understand why the majority of Italians after 3 or 4 years have the mania to change car or motorcycle, even though it goes well, throwing away money palate. I think that the medium should be repaired and on up to 300 thousand km and at least 15 years of life and then you think.
Recently berthed on the other side, customs and stamp the passport. not all have the stamp of Kazakhstan.
From there a 2 km on the first gas station, and a type I change the money in local currency the Kazakh tenge.
Now I see the camel grazing and cemeteries that remind me of the trulli of Alberobello, Marco polo evidently had been in Italy and then here.
Atyrau is the first city to encounter a myriad of oil wells with the iron arm that goes up and down, give us the wellcome. Here the gas does not cost much and of course I understand why., Find an Italian who works for the Agip oil and tells us that President Nazarbayev is the usual dictator in megaconto with Swiss and not spent on his people. and it shows, for Atyrau, hovels, and there are residential areas very nice. Here, the oil acts as the master. Together with many iron ore mines.
To the north is the basis Baikunur former Russian space where there are parties and missiles space, surrounded by vast expanses of wheat crops, the famous Russian ex barn.
The next morning, around the Caspian Sea without ever see him, and this I am sorry, inforco an unfortunate road full of holes, not bad for my bike off road, bad for all the trucks that are forced to pass it to work. but, I wonder, since it is the main road connecting the south east of the country and so of great communication, Why the President is not the pave, which has 20 billion dollars in the bank?, Bella Italy I think, when they are in such places ..
The railway line to a single track connecting the rest of the country, non-electrified, with diesel motors only.
Later the road, practically disappears, and we wonder how do the trucks and the rest of traffic, apparently jumping on the train. We too are forced to throw the bikes on a 4x4 half to make the 10 km of sand.
From there onwards the roads a little more percorribili .. Sleep in a tent in a village dirperso and forgotten by God A type tells us that the earth is his and it threatens to give fire to the media if not paying a fee. So we decide to shift an hour each, as in the days of military parachutists, to guard all night. Very well, we wanted this, you can not even rest at night after full days to drive the bike.
Then villages and towns more and more large, care to drive in these places, I do not think that anyone who ruins of a car has the money to pay the car insurance so as to avoid absolutely not provided any contact with them.
More step beyond a bridge of boats, just like the one that went to the river Po Casalmaggiore after the bombing of the Second World War. and then another. I naturally filmo everything. Movies that end up on Youtube name Somenzi daniele.
Astana is the capital but we do not step from there to just now are on the border conl'Uzbekistan
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