Route Info
(NOTE: this is the provisional and approximate route and may change pre-departure and/or during the expedition)
Start of Expedition: STORIES FROM THE SILK ROAD
Estimated Start date: 28 September 2023
Start Location: Istanbul
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| Western Kazakhstan is my first section in this country: the walk from the Caspian Sea to the Uzbekistan border |
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| In Eastern Kazakstan we enter with public transport and continue east to Almaty. From Almaty we start walking again to the Kyrgyzstan border near Bishkek. |
Provisional Route Details: KAZAKHSTAN
There are two routes in Kazakhstan:
- Enter by ferry from Azerbaijan and exit to Uzbekistan
- Enter from Uzbekistan
- By train from the border to Almaty
- Walk from Almaty to the Ak-Tilek border with Kyrgyzstan
- During the journey by train, (covering some historically very important sections of the ancient Silk Road) I will continue to stop and spend time with people and listening to their stories.
- Total Country Distance: 762 km - 476 miles
- Route 1 (Kuryk Port to Uzbekistan border): 546 km - 341 miles
- Route 2 (Almaty to Kyrgyzstan border): 216 km - 135 miles
- Estimated Total Duration: 39 days (walking)
- Including anticipated rest days, visiting sites and talking to/interviewing people for the project.
- Route 1 (Kuryk Port to Uzbekistan border): 28 days
- Route 2 (Almaty to Kyrgyzstan border): 11 days
Main Locations along the Route
Route 1
- Kuryk Port (border) - Zhanaozen - Sor Tuzbair - Sajotes - Beyneu
Route 2
- Train
- Uzbek border - Shymkent - Taraz - Almaty
- Walking
- Almaty - Ak-Tilek
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