I have seen these for sale before, as well as MP3s of the isolated sound of the horn, but this video shows what happens when you put said train horns in a car, and drive round scaring people.
Personally, I would love one if I ever drive over here in Kazakhstan, just to make sure other [...]
The next time I complain about Kazakh drivers not stopping for you on zebra crossings, or the way cars are driven when a pedestrian is on the road for some reason, remind me to look at this video from India…
1) Cars that drive round at night without any lights on. WTF? Police will stop cars for executing a U-turn when the road is safe and clear in both directions, but seem not to give a damn about a tonne or two of metal speeding along with no illumination.
2) Cars that only have one headlight [...]
My lessons for the rest of this week were cancelled on Wednesday, as the student is busy organizing his relocation to Moscow. This means less money coming in, so I have tried to catch up with a few more sponsored posts. Karra and Muska are a little confused, as since I started giving conversational English [...]
It looks as though we may one day get a car after all. As you will know if you have read any of the older posts within the Kazakh Driving section at this blog, I don’t really relish the idea of driving in this country, and certainly not on a regular basis. However, with walking [...]
Although I’m obviously hyped up over going back to Amsterdam and Britain next Friday, my mind can not help dwelling on just how much I am going to miss some things over here in Kazakhstan
Obviously my wife, Ira, comes first. I will be away for just under a month, which will be the longest we [...]
Here in Kazakhstan, even 2nd hand cars are still relatively expensive. I will never forget my first ‘bargain basement’ car - it had no door locks, there was no 3rd gear, the boot would open itself if nudged, and I eventually had to carry 16 litres of water with me every day, as it leaked [...]
The past couple of weeks have seen temperatures around 30-35 degrees, occasionally reaching for 40. I just spoke to Dad who said Britain has had pretty miserable weather, or Evesham specifically at the very least. This appeared to trigger a big rain storm back here in Astana .
It was actually nice to feel a [...]
Long term readers of this blog will remember from previous posts on driving in Kazakhstan that crossing the road, especially in front of our flat is a scary experience.
Well today I noticed that cars were seemingly randomly slowing down and even stopping on the road, with people crossing. As I couldn’t see a policeman anywhere, [...]
