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Stall 114, row 6, Bazar-i Kalan.
Every day except Monday. Before ten o'clock the apricot sellers have the good light, I have the good tea.

Rules of the road

  1. One bag you can carry yourself.
  2. Boots you can run in.
  3. Never lend your passport. Never.
  4. Bread, a lot.

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Archive for October, 2008

The road, in numbers

25 October 2008

For the ones who ask "how far is it": from the stall to the stall, about 36 hours if God is kind.

  • Talas to the North Terminal and across into Kazakhstan: 1 hour, then 2 hours for the paper.

  • Bus to Almaty: 9 hours. 22 dollars.

  • One night in Almaty at the cousin of my friend. She snores. 5 dollars for the tea and the floor.

  • Almaty to Urumqi: the big night bus, 55 dollars one way, 24 hours if the Khorgos border is nice, 30 if not.

The papers are another story: my ISEZ papers are good for crossing the street, so I go with the Kyrgyz paper from the Almaty office, 60 dollars a year. Everybody does. Nobody says it.

The night bus to Urumqi, 6 p.m. Everyone has the same blue bag.The night bus to Urumqi, 6 p.m. Everyone has the same blue bag.
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What is in the bag

2 October 2008

People think a trader comes back with one big bag. Here is a normal return, October 2008:

  • Phone covers, 300 pieces (3 yuan each there; 9 or 10 som here, the one with a horse 12)

  • Chargers for Nokia and Samsung, 60 pieces (12 yuan; 25 som)

  • Battery packs, 40 (good ones, I test each one with my tongue, it is a joke, I use the phone)

  • Socks, 12 dozen; belts, 50; hats, 30 (winter is coming)

  • Keyrings with a bear. Do not ask. They sell.

All together 110 kilos. The bus lets me take 50 without paper. The rest goes with the lorry, see the next post.

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