We got up early in the morning as we were doing a border crossing today. You never know how long it will take. We also had to ride a good 400km as we wanted to reach Atyrau by the evening.

The ride was nice. There was a lot of water and as we got closer to the border, we saw already some horses running wild on the steppe.

The border crosser went very smooth. There is a big nomandsland between the Russian and Kazach border. We had to export the bike from Russia and import it in Kazachstan.

The roads in Kazachstan or horrible. There is asphalt but full of potholes. So you have to look out constantly and sometimes it is better to ride next to the road. We did some offroading on the steppe to get closer to the many horses.

Further towards Atyrau we saw what the city was about: gas and oil and lots of it!

We also met a dutch guy named Stefan. He was riding on a very light 250cc bike and was already traveling since March. We shared info and got useful info for later on the road.

By the evening we reached Atyrau and checked in the hostel Stefan had been in. It was ok, only the parking for the bike was less secure, so I checked a few times during the night 🙂