Day 22, Semey, Kazakhstan

Two days and one night on the road brought us to Semey, the last city in Kazakhstan before the Russian border. This lovely city lies just 100km from the area where the Soviet tested about 450 atomic bombs and there are reference about this inglorious past scattered all around town (statues, posters, etc.)

Today we first need to find a supermarket to stock up before Mongolia and then enter Russia. The plan is to drive again as much as possible and sleep somewhere close to the Mongolia border which is open only between 8am and 1pm on saturday and sunday.

Once in Mongolia we will drive south towards the Gobi desert and then up again to Ulan bator. It should be a 5/7 days job if the car doesn't let us down. There is a shorter norther route but aparently there are several uncrossable river so that's not an option.