Part Three

  1. Galleries
  2. New Land Trip Photos
  3. 2025-09-2 Kazakhstan with Light and Land
  4. Part Three
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  • Room #2
    Room #2
    Pretty narrow room best suited to a single occupant.  Other rooms were more spacious that we found out on our departure morning.  Oh Well!
    Aigai Kum Guesthouse, Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#3400
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Our Vehicles
    Our Vehicles
    Light rain.
    Bus Stop, Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9460
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Soviet Bus Stop
    Soviet Bus Stop
    Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9462
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Soviet Bus Stop
    Soviet Bus Stop
    On the other side of the road.
    Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9458
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Highway
    Highway
    Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9468
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  • Military
    Military
    Driving Photo of a long line of military vehicles.
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9479
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snow-capped Mountains
    Snow-capped Mountains
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9485
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Horses
    Horses
    A domesticated breed largely raised for a culturally normal meat.
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9491
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cattle
    Cattle
    Shepherd and dog moving the herd.
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9505
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  • Sheep
    Sheep
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9508
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  • Cemetery
    Cemetery
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9492
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  • Cemetery
    Cemetery
    A old, mud brick crypt.
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9510
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  • Cemetery
    Cemetery
    Burial in this area is almost ground level.
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9511
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cemetery
    Cemetery
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9512
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  • Cemetery
    Cemetery
    One of our group lost her phone that took quite a while to locate.
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9513
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  • Cemetery
    Cemetery
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9515
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  • Cemetery
    Cemetery
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9516
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  • Cemetery
    Cemetery
    Crypt
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9517
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  • Cemetery
    Cemetery
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9518
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  • Cemetery
    Cemetery
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9520
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  • Cemetery
    Cemetery
    near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9522
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  • Russian Knapweed
    Russian Knapweed
    Rhaponticum repens
    Cemetery, near Basshi, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9526
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  • Road Construction
    Road Construction
    Driving Photo - despite light rain, new pavement was being laid.
    Basshi to Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9530
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Gas Station Snacks
    Gas Station Snacks
    Modern and well-stocked with convenience items and hot food.
    Basshi to Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#4735
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chinese Gas Station
    Chinese Gas Station
    Driving Photo - a large chain of gas stations and a leading fuel and lubricant supplier in the country, operating under the umbrella of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC).
    Basshi to Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9532
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sign
    Sign
    Driving Photo
    to Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9534
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  • Road
    Road
    Driving Photo - rain raised concern about the canyon visit.
    to Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9536
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Visitor Center
    Visitor Center
    After arriving, we had a packed lunch downstairs before going into the canyon.
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9637
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Littering Sign
    Littering Sign
    Kazakhstan is very clean.
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9540
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  • Canyon Road
    Canyon Road
    Unimposing entrance.
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9542
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  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Erosion and weathering occur at different rates on the layers.
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9545
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Road
    Canyon Road
    After entering the main canyon, we walked much of the road.
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#4831
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    I include several photos of this very interesting location.
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9548
    Larry L. Jackson
  • UAZ-452
    UAZ-452
    Our Van - the backseat window was out and my seat was soaking wet from the morning rain.  My pants dried on the walk.
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9549
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Littering Sign
    Littering Sign
    I wonder if such thoughts would have an impact in the USA?
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9551
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#4833
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9555
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#4834
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon
    Canyon
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9556
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9557
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#4837
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#4838
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  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#4839
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  • Face
    Face
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9562
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  • Canyon
    Canyon
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9565
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  • Artur
    Artur
    Our local guide in Kazakhstan.
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9566
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9568
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  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9570
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9571
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#4843
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#4845
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9578
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  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9580
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9587
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  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    Big blocks that have broken away from the wall.
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9590
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    View at the end of the canyon road.
    River Turnaround, Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9593
    Larry L. Jackson
  • River Tree
    River Tree
    River Turnaround, Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#4862
    Larry L. Jackson
  • River Tree
    River Tree
    River Turnaround, Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#4864
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Charyn River
    Charyn River
    River Turnaround, Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9595
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    River Turnaround, Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9601
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    River Turnaround, Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9603
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rim View
    Rim View
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9606
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rim View
    Rim View
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9609
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rim View
    Rim View
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9612
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rim View
    Rim View
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#9615
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  • Rim View
    Rim View
    Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, September 18, 2025
    2025-09-18#4881
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  • View
    View
    We arrived at the guesthouse late on the 18th so this is the view we had the next morning.
    Zhuldyz Guesthouse #4, Saty, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#4883
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    Zhuldyz Guesthouse #4, Saty, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9642
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    Zhuldyz Guesthouse #4, Saty, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9643
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Zhuldyz Guesthouse #4
    Zhuldyz Guesthouse #4
    A very large room, but basic and with a roughly designed bathroom.  We were asked not to use the heater and the hot water at the same time due to an overload that would shut down the entire guesthouse.
    Saty, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9646
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Yurt
    Yurt
    Zhuldyz Guesthouse, Saty, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9647
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mosque
    Mosque
    A quick photo out of the vehicle at the stop sign as we left town for Kaindy Lake.
    Saty, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#4892
    Larry L. Jackson
  • UAZ-452
    UAZ-452
    Built in Russia by the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant since 1965.
    Saty to Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9651
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Road
    Road
    Kaindy River valley.
    Saty to Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9653
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kaindy River
    Kaindy River
    Saty to Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9654
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Landscape
    Landscape
    Just a touch of color.
    Saty to Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9658
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Landscape
    Landscape
    Saty to Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9661
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snow-capped Peak
    Snow-capped Peak
    Saty to Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9667
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kaindy River
    Kaindy River
    Saty to Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9671
    Larry L. Jackson
  • UAZ-452 Crossing Kaindy River
    UAZ-452 Crossing Kaindy River
    Saty to Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9673
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Landscape
    Landscape
    Saty to Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9679
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Vehicle
    Vehicle
    Splashing through one of the many water-filled potholes.
    Saty to Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9695
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wormwood
    Wormwood
    Artemisia absinthium
    Saty to Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9698
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Color
    Color
    Saty to Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9700
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kaindy Lake
    Kaindy Lake
    Visited for the lake color and the dead trees.
    Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#4895
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kaindy Lake
    Kaindy Lake
    Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9706
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Shaky Trees
    Shaky Trees
    Vertical blur.
    Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9709
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kaindy Lake
    Kaindy Lake
    Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9713
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kaindy Lake
    Kaindy Lake
    Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#4907
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Trees
    Trees
    Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9716
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kaindy Lake
    Kaindy Lake
    Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9721
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kaindy Lake
    Kaindy Lake
    Kaindy River flowing into the lake.
    Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9723
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kaindy Lake
    Kaindy Lake
    Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#4914
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fallen Leaves
    Fallen Leaves
    Kaindy Lake to Saty, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9728
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fallen Leaves
    Fallen Leaves
    Kaindy Lake to Saty, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9731
    Larry L. Jackson
  • UAZ-452s
    UAZ-452s
    More tourists heading for the lake.
    Kaindy Lake to Saty, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9733
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pothole Road
    Pothole Road
    Kaindy Lake to Saty, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9743
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cow
    Cow
    Kaindy Lake to Saty, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9746
    Larry L. Jackson
  • UAZ-452s
    UAZ-452s
    Being more familiar, these vehicles crossed in a less obvious location.
    Kaindy Lake to Saty, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9755
    Larry L. Jackson
  • KAVZ 3976 Bus
    KAVZ 3976 Bus
    Kaindy Lake to Saty, Kazakhstan, September 19, 2025
    2025-09-19#9756
    Larry L. Jackson