Garry McGivern’s cycling around the world, Tuesday 21st-August-2012 in Aktau, Kazakhstan. I went back to the travel agents first thing this morning, only to find them shut! What a great start to the day. Luckily I found another one just around the corner.
The girl in the new travel agent, who spoke rather good English, filled out the forms for me and booked my flight. I just had to pay for it now. For which I had to go and see another woman sitting at a different desk. And would you believe it, her credit card machine wasn’t working, just like the one yesterday. She tried a couple of times, but the card machine wasn’t having any of it. In the end, she just gave me back my card and paperwork.
I started to plead with her to try again and put the saddest face on that I could. It seemed to work, she made a phone call, and a manager came out, who told me to sit down and wait. After about fifteen minutes, the lady called me back over to try again, and yay, it worked! I was so relieved I could now relax. The only trouble is that I’ve got to cycle 1000 kilometres to Atyrau!
After securing my flight, I spent the afternoon playing on my website and watching some children play football in the field near the hotel. And getting things ready so I can finally start my ride across Kazakhstan, all be it for only a week or so!
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