June 25, 2014
We had already
packed up the night before, so we woke up at six and left the hotel in half
hour. After riding for a few streets trying to get out of Almaty's rush hour
traffic, we found a road, along the main road and a canal which was not crowded
at all. We were expecting some really bad ride going out of Almaty, but this
road was surprisingly very quiet and leafy. We enjoyed it very much.
We rode about 40
km when we saw an army officer standing in the middle of the road with a small
red flag. He ordered us to go back because there was a shooting practice going
on up ahead. Then, we had to bike back about 10 km, 5 km up to the main road,
another 10 km east, to be where we were some two hours ago. What a drag.
On the main
road, we bought some water and found a place to cook and rest. At 3:30, we were
on the road again. We happened to be on some road under construction-- and that
meant riding on tar.
At about 6 pm,
we filled all our bottles and headed back toward the mountains where we had
been in the morning. It was very difficult to ride our bikes with all our
bottles full of water up heal. I was carrying 6 litters of water with a lot of
food.
Finally at 7, we
found a beautiful spot where we could bath in some clean water coming from the
canal. How refreshing it was.
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