We have crossed back into Kazakhstan, the northernmost and largest of the Central Asian Republics. Crossing the border has been interesting. There are several crossings from Krygyzstan and our local guide Veronica has taken us to the quietest. We know we are approaching due to the line of trucks (about a kilometer long). The silk road is reestablished due to Chinese built roads allowing trucks from Western China to go west through Central Asia and beyond. The border is a ramshackle series of buildings and barriers. We have two tiny forms to complete.The smallest oneis the size of a train ticket and only needs our name. We are given this by one guard and hand it in to another 30 minutes later. Everyone looks bored. People are wandering about seemingly uncontrolled. The bus was checked underneath and in the luggage area, for illegals or possibly bombs and we were photographed. The process took about an hour but seemed verrry routine.
The sunset was from a truck stop on the long flat drive to Almaty from the border.
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