The Organising...

Well all the organising is finally underway - received my letter of invitation to enter Kazakhstan, visited the Chinese Consulate to arrange for a visa and my flight has been booked. I will be flying to Beijing for a one night stopover so as to arrange my Kazak visa and then, flying into Almaty.

Still have a bit of shopping to do in order to prepare for the cold - thermals, gloves, etc, but that should be relatively easy. I just had a look at the weather in Almaty and shit, the forecast maximum temp for the 26th December is minus 16 degrees C - something that I have NEVER experienced. Think I may have to get a little more in the way of clothing than what I thought!!