 Entering the Raiymbek District of southeastern Kazakhstan |
 Statue of a Raimbek Batyr at the border of the district named in his honor |
 Statue of an eagle on a roadside hill |
 Kazakhstan highway A351, Raiymbek District |
 Raiymbek District, Kazakhstan |
 The A351 leads to Narinkol on the Chinese frontier. We'll turn south at Kegen for Kyrgyzstan |
 Badlands along the Sharyn River, Raiymbek District |
 Sharyn River south of the Sharyn Canyon, |
 Sharyn River |
 Sharyn River, Raiymbek District |
 Bridge over the Sharyn River |
 Sharyn River from the A351 bridge west of Aqsay |
 Sharyn River |
 The waters of the Sharyn River eventually end up in Lake Balkash |
 Sharyn River Bridge |
 Sign for the Sharyn River |
 Passing through the village of Aqsay |
 Racing towards Kyrgyzstan |
 Junction, keep right for Kyrgyzstan |
 A351, Raiymbek District |
 Roadside Yurts, Raiymbek District |
 Roadside Yurts, Raiymbek District |
 The ranges of the borderlands come into view |
 Kazakh cemetery with some ornate monuments outside Kegen |
 Kazbek biy (1667-1764), a leader who swore allegiance to the Russian Tsars to avoid becoming a vassal of China |
 Aiteke Bi (1644-1700), one of the main authors of the Code of Laws of the steppe |
 Raimbek Batyr (1705-1785), an Kazakh warrior who resisted the Dzungar invasion |
 After the billboards of figures from Kazakh history, men from the Soviet era at the entrance to Kegen |
 Ashimbayev Sagat (1947-1991), Kazakh politician, literary critic, journalist, writer |
 Central Asian landscape with horses grazing on the plains by the river at Kegen |
 Kegen River, Kazakhstan |
 Plains at the Kegen River, Kazakhstan |
 "Hung like a Horse" |
 Kegen River, Kazakhstan |
 Horses by the river outside Kegen |
 All that is missing is a yurt |
 Mosque of Kegen in the Raiymbek District |
 Mosque of Kegen in the Raiymbek District |
 Almaty Energo-Sbit, Kegen |
 Our Motto - One Country, One People, One Destiny |
 Alikhan Store, Kegen |
 A362, the road south from Kegen to Kyrgyzstan |
 The road south from Kegen towards Kyrgyzstan |
 Plains and mountains, Raiymbek District |
 Plains and mountains, Raiymbek District |
 The village of Karkara, Raiymbek District |
 New mosque of Karkara, Raiymbek District |
 Old mosque of Karkara, Raiymbek District |
 New mosque of Karkara |
 Mountains of Raiymbek District, Kazakhstan |
 Mounted herdsman with a flock of sheep, Raiymbek District |
 Another eagle statue on a hilltop, Raiymbek District |
 Kegen River nearing the Kyrgyzstan border |
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 The road climbs giving a view of the grassy plains and snowy mountains |
 Kegen River near the Kyrgyzstan border |
 Panorama of the Kegen River from the road to the Kyrgyzstan border |
 Herd of cattle, Kazakhstan |
 Herd approaching the river |
 Approaching the Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border post, Raiymbek District |