Border crossing Aqtobe-Orenburg
In early October I'll be coming back from my trip to Pamir. I'm going to take road Chimkent - Kyzyl Orda - Aralsk - Aqtobe (Aktiubinsk) - Saratov. I heard that section Aqtobe - Oral (Uralsk) is of very poor quality and wanted to bypass it via Aktiubinsk - Orenburg - Samara - Saratov. However, I get mixed information if there is an international border crossing between Aqtobe and Orenburg. For example, I have a map of Kazakhstan (2004) published by Reise-Know-How and it doesn't show even a small road across the border! So I'd like to ask the following:
* is it true that the Aqtobe - Oral section is very bad and it's worth taking some detour?
* is there an international border crossing between Aqtobe and Orenburg?
Thanks,
Kris
Last edited by mdmystko; 19 Jul 2006 at 20:26.
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