Have arrived in Aqtobe this afternoon and have been treated like celebrities from the moment we arrived. A local family are our new favourite people, having spent their afternoon driving us (in their clean Audi) to a bathhouse where it's fair to say that after 4 days of not showering, a layer of what we thought was sun tan was washed away - even our new pseudo family were taken aback when they saw us step out all squeaky clean.
After much splashing and a sauna later, they've personally escorted us through the supermarket, to lunch, found a hotel, and are now waiting at the internet cafe as we head to dinner.
The friendliness of the Kazakhstani people has absolutely stopped us in our tracks - the cheers and waves from truck drivers, petrol station attendants through to the Director of the Bathhouse has been truly overwhelming and we can't speak highly enough of their country (...just don't ask us about the long stretches of non-existent roads... - absolutely brilliant fun to drive in the dirt and sand though! Will try post photos soon - you won't even recognise Matilda!)
K & S xx
After much splashing and a sauna later, they've personally escorted us through the supermarket, to lunch, found a hotel, and are now waiting at the internet cafe as we head to dinner.
The friendliness of the Kazakhstani people has absolutely stopped us in our tracks - the cheers and waves from truck drivers, petrol station attendants through to the Director of the Bathhouse has been truly overwhelming and we can't speak highly enough of their country (...just don't ask us about the long stretches of non-existent roads... - absolutely brilliant fun to drive in the dirt and sand though! Will try post photos soon - you won't even recognise Matilda!)
K & S xx