We have all seen the news and read the reports of the situation in the south of Kyrgyzstan in and around the city of Osh. The organisers, having taken advice and talked to their agents in the region have, reluctantly, decided to re-route the rally to avoid this potential trouble spot.
The current plans are as follows:
We will stay for one further night in Almaty, allowing crews more rest and repair time and more chance to explore this beautiful city. We will now leave Almaty on the morning of the 28th September and head west to the city of Shymkent in Kazakhstan for the night halt before entering Uzbekistan on our scheduled date of the 29th September.
Sadly this proposed route will mean we do not enter Kyrgyzstan so avoiding any potential visa issues with leaving and re-entering Kazakhstan.
It is unfortunate that we will have to avoid one of the most beautiful and scenic parts of the route in Kyrgyzstan. However the Hotel in Almaty is the nicest one of all the hotels en route, save for Paris, so some good has come out of this difficult situation.
RHC
No comments:
Post a Comment