Day 46, to Usharal, Kazakhstan 140km , 3751km to date,  679m up, 763m end

Another hard day, wind behind for the first 40 km, then against for the rest of the ride. Pavement a bit better, but still lots of potholes.  The country side is very flat, it's hard to find interesting things when it is like this..

Into the town of Usharal, a two hotel town. Not much to say for it.   We have a rest day tomorrow.

Checking into the hotel, we are used to getting a room key, but in this case checking in also provided other necessities: