From Kostanai to Astana

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No, not wigwams in 1.5km - just a parking area	Excitement, a lorry passes	And now a car! Big place this Kazakhstan and not many people around here	More excitement, the road ahead deviates slightly from being absolutely straight.
At least I know I'm on the right road	Handily they give the names in both Cyrillic and Roman	A Bactrian camel wanders by	A village on the steppe with first hills I've seen for more than 100 miles
A Christian graveyard on the steppe	Notice the double-armed cross	Soviet era portrait on the cross	Another Soviet era grave. Died in Afghanistan perhaps?
Soviet era couple	The current style	The motel I found just as I was considering sleeping in the car	Had to pay for a room for 4 but at £16 it didn't seem bad a for a decent sleep
Geese in a little steppe village	Can't do without our satellite dish!	Somewhere on the M36 to Astana	Alien ships? No, Moslem cemetery on the steppe
Some rather grand tombs	From a distance these can look like little towns	A newish tomb in rustic style	Typical of the newer tombs in this cemetery
A husband and wife double tomb	The wife - note the date	The husband - note the date	Maybe the tyre that did them in? Another at the other end of the tomb.
Another view of the cemetery	The main street of a little town - shops behind the trees	War memorial	A closer view
The shops	The town hall	Child going homewards	Spot the satellite dish
Civic sculpture in Astana, Pobeda Avenue	HPIM0191.jpgCivic sculpture in Astana	Astana street scene	Heating pipes crossing a raod in Astana
Archway concealing heating pipes	Hotel Mukammal, Astana	Gastanitsa next to hotel.	Approaching the exit from Astana
Closer to the exit!	The coach I followed to get me out of Astana - note the address on the back. Astana city customs post on left.

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