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'''Almaty''' is the largest city in [[Kazakhstan]]
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'''Almaty''' is the largest city in [[Kazakhstan]].
  
 
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Take a bus west on Tole Bi street to the final stop '''Altyn Orad''' (Russian '''Zolotaja orad'''), a market on the edge of the city. Right outside the gate of the market is the beginning of the so-called '''Tashkentskoe shose'''. You can hitch from just after the taxi stands. Don't be afraid to take a ride of only a few kilometers, as you can easily hitch on from the side of the road, and reaching Bishkek takes only a few hours. The Kazakh-Kyrgyz border can be crossed on foot.
 
Take a bus west on Tole Bi street to the final stop '''Altyn Orad''' (Russian '''Zolotaja orad'''), a market on the edge of the city. Right outside the gate of the market is the beginning of the so-called '''Tashkentskoe shose'''. You can hitch from just after the taxi stands. Don't be afraid to take a ride of only a few kilometers, as you can easily hitch on from the side of the road, and reaching Bishkek takes only a few hours. The Kazakh-Kyrgyz border can be crossed on foot.
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Revision as of 12:52, 15 June 2008

Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan.

Hitching Out

West to Bishkek

Take a bus west on Tole Bi street to the final stop Altyn Orad (Russian Zolotaja orad), a market on the edge of the city. Right outside the gate of the market is the beginning of the so-called Tashkentskoe shose. You can hitch from just after the taxi stands. Don't be afraid to take a ride of only a few kilometers, as you can easily hitch on from the side of the road, and reaching Bishkek takes only a few hours. The Kazakh-Kyrgyz border can be crossed on foot.