Two days of hardcore driving have claimed their toll. I was completely exhausted yesterday evening and realizing this, I decided to take a shorter route to Almaty.

Still 4 days from now, but less distant and evenly spread.

No way I am going to Semipalatinsk as originally planned.

I have seen enough Plutonium in my life. An amount that can blast the same hole in the ground as Semipalatinsk. And certainly I am not going to sample the soil up there and request an analysis at work....

I arrived at 6PM in Kostanay. I ate like a horse and I went to bed early. That is all I needed...