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| Atyrau Aralsk Aral Sea Onwards |
Atyrau
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| Baybars statue and pyramid |
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| The Mighty Ural River |
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| City Mosque |
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| Orthodox church |
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| Orthodox church |
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| 255 miles NE of Atyrau |
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| 300 miles NE of Atyrau |
Aralsk
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| Arslak train station at 5:40am |
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| A ship welcomes new arrivals. |
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| Station Mural: Aralsk answers Lenin's call for fish. |
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| Station Mural detail: Lenin |
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| Station ship by day |
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| City "Ship Museum" |
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| City "Ship Museum" |
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| Old harbour |
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| Old harbour |
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| Inspirational but cryptic Kazakh statue |
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| Inspirational but cryptic Kazakh statue |
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| "Bekmyrza Khan" (?) |
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| Aralsk Museum: Ships of the Desert |
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| Aralsk Museum: WWII |
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| Billboard for Victory Day |
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| Billboard for Victory Day: Kazakh veterans |
Aral Sea
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| Passing camel, as we head towards the Sea |
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| The old sea shore |
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| Guide + Old sea shore |
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| Dry sea bed |
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| The Aral Sea |
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| Scotsman at the Aral Sea |
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| Sea shells on the dry sea bed |
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| Tastubek: A fishing and herding town |
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| Motorcycle herding horses |
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| Lunch with a Kazakh family |
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Zhalanash Ship Graveyard
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Kokaral Dam
The Kokaral Dam pens in the waters from the Syr Darya River to keep teh Norther Aral Sea alive.
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| 46 miles South of Aralsk |
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| 46 miles South of Aralsk |
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| Kokaral Dam sluices |
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| Aral Sea at Kokaral Dam |
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| Downstream: Fish trying to return to the Aral Sea |
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| Aral Sea carp |
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| Upstream of the sluices |
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| Sea shore beside dam |
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| Sluice gates and dam. |
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| Driver & Guide |
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| Aral Sea, 3 miles East of Kokaral Dam |
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| Mechnical trouble, 11 miles East of Kokaral |
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| Syr Darya River, 15 miles East of Kokaral |
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| Syr Darya River and river dam/bridge |
Onwards
The train from Aralsk towards Tashkent
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| 202 miles SE of Baikonur |
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| 207 miles SE of Baikonur |
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| 180 miles NW of Tashken |
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| 39 miles NW of Tashkent |
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Amsterdam
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