You know the game "How Many Countries have you been to?", and how everyone you are playing with seems to have their own rules on what counts and doesnt count as a "legitimate" visit?
The 'Airport Clause" is a classic bone of contention.
56 days ago I cleared customs in Kazakhstan at 5 in the morning, and then drove through the darkness to the tiny seaport town where I got on a ship in the Caspian Sea.
For the next 56 days (with the exception of a 4 hr meeting at the seaport, during which time I took this portrait of a camel, inexplicably lounging outside someones house) I was aboard ship, out of sight of the land for the vast majority of the time, dealing with a diversity of nationals including some from the 5 nations that touch the Caspian.
At the end of this voyage of scientific exploration I got my passport back and drove again through the darkened desert to the airport to make my 4am departure.
It was a great adventure, and I look forward to posting some of the notes and photos that I took, but my first question to you is this;
Can I really say Ive been to Kazakhstan?
The 'Airport Clause" is a classic bone of contention.
56 days ago I cleared customs in Kazakhstan at 5 in the morning, and then drove through the darkness to the tiny seaport town where I got on a ship in the Caspian Sea.
For the next 56 days (with the exception of a 4 hr meeting at the seaport, during which time I took this portrait of a camel, inexplicably lounging outside someones house) I was aboard ship, out of sight of the land for the vast majority of the time, dealing with a diversity of nationals including some from the 5 nations that touch the Caspian.
At the end of this voyage of scientific exploration I got my passport back and drove again through the darkened desert to the airport to make my 4am departure.
It was a great adventure, and I look forward to posting some of the notes and photos that I took, but my first question to you is this;
Can I really say Ive been to Kazakhstan?
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