Entering the Raiymbek District of southeastern Kazakhstan |
Statue of a Raimbek Batyr at the border of the district named in his honor |
Statue of an eagle on a roadside hill |
Kazakhstan highway A351, Raiymbek District |
Raiymbek District, Kazakhstan |
The A351 leads to Narinkol on the Chinese frontier. We'll turn south at Kegen for Kyrgyzstan |
Badlands along the Sharyn River, Raiymbek District |
Sharyn River south of the Sharyn Canyon, |
Sharyn River |
Sharyn River, Raiymbek District |
Bridge over the Sharyn River |
Sharyn River from the A351 bridge west of Aqsay |
Sharyn River |
The waters of the Sharyn River eventually end up in Lake Balkash |
Sharyn River Bridge |
Sign for the Sharyn River |
Passing through the village of Aqsay |
Racing towards Kyrgyzstan |
Junction, keep right for Kyrgyzstan |
A351, Raiymbek District |
Roadside Yurts, Raiymbek District |
Roadside Yurts, Raiymbek District |
The ranges of the borderlands come into view |
Kazakh cemetery with some ornate monuments outside Kegen |
Kazbek biy (1667-1764), a leader who swore allegiance to the Russian Tsars to avoid becoming a vassal of China |
Aiteke Bi (1644-1700), one of the main authors of the Code of Laws of the steppe |
Raimbek Batyr (1705-1785), an Kazakh warrior who resisted the Dzungar invasion |
After the billboards of figures from Kazakh history, men from the Soviet era at the entrance to Kegen |
Ashimbayev Sagat (1947-1991), Kazakh politician, literary critic, journalist, writer |
Central Asian landscape with horses grazing on the plains by the river at Kegen |
Kegen River, Kazakhstan |
Plains at the Kegen River, Kazakhstan |
"Hung like a Horse" |
Kegen River, Kazakhstan |
Horses by the river outside Kegen |
All that is missing is a yurt |
Mosque of Kegen in the Raiymbek District |
Mosque of Kegen in the Raiymbek District |
Almaty Energo-Sbit, Kegen |
Our Motto - One Country, One People, One Destiny |
Alikhan Store, Kegen |
A362, the road south from Kegen to Kyrgyzstan |
The road south from Kegen towards Kyrgyzstan |
Plains and mountains, Raiymbek District |
Plains and mountains, Raiymbek District |
The village of Karkara, Raiymbek District |
New mosque of Karkara, Raiymbek District |
Old mosque of Karkara, Raiymbek District |
New mosque of Karkara |
Mountains of Raiymbek District, Kazakhstan |
Mounted herdsman with a flock of sheep, Raiymbek District |
Another eagle statue on a hilltop, Raiymbek District |
Kegen River nearing the Kyrgyzstan border |
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The road climbs giving a view of the grassy plains and snowy mountains |
Kegen River near the Kyrgyzstan border |
Panorama of the Kegen River from the road to the Kyrgyzstan border |
Herd of cattle, Kazakhstan |
Herd approaching the river |
Approaching the Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border post, Raiymbek District |