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We took off early in order to get some more of the less hot morning hours. Directly after exiting Beineu, the road was drastically different from yesterday. No more perfect tarmac and smooth rides. Instead, we were greeted by deep sand, unclear paths and the main road still being under construction. We thought we would be clever and ride on the almost finished road - but it turned out that the road was interrupted every few kilometers. So, we had to get back to the "fallback"…

In the morning we woke up before the others. As our plan was to get a Kazakh sim card before leaving the city, we took care of that at first. Second stop was a petrol station to fill up for the day. During yesterdays dinner, we had discussed the route for the day. We knew that there would not be too many petrol stations along the road with a stretch of around 300km with no petrol at all! Petrol in Kazakhstan has to be paid upfront.…

You wake up to the sound of sea. The first rays of the morning sun touch you face. You decide to stand up to have a look at the beach. As you stand up you hit your head on the roof of your cabin and realize that you are not on holiday in a five star hotel. Ok, let's get serious again. The situation in our cabin was pretty ok, our roommates were nice and we had the above mentioned window which allowed us to get…