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what Noey learned about Kazakhstan - Newer in Altai Bike Expedition, 2006:
Noey Does Some Research
We're in Connecticut at my Dad's house and just had a big family reunion. We've been going through our gear. Each person will be carrying 13 pounds of tools and bike parts, 7 pounds of camping gear, about five pounds of clothes, and a few pounds of maps, navigation devices, and electronics. That's not a lot of stuff. No stove or other frills. In the mountains we'll cook on wood fires. Down in the desert we'll look for camel dung. We'll see.
We're looking at maps, but we're still blissfully vague about where we'll find roads or trails, and therefore we don't actually know where we're going.
We do know that we get on the airplane in a few days to fly half-way around the world.

Dated: 06/25/2006