“Mind if you take a private taxi here”
During our transit visit in Almaty,we shortly decided for Tamgaly Tas & Nomad's
Land .Unfornately tour company only operate organized trip on weekends.We took a Yandex taxi as some guys written on the blog.
As we drove far from Almaty city center,internet signal became weaker and eventully disappeared. Our driver used local sim and guided by Yandex navigation to a super rough road leading to somewhere in the sand and Yili river.We stopped to a downhill end and walked along for around 2km as Yandex map said but Tamgaly Tas was never close.Though the walk is quite soothing as nobody was seen except us on the river shore but we never knew nightmare came...
The taxi driver was too brave or confident he could drive down the sand or the upper way,but he never did that. Our car stuck in the soft sand hill, seeminly without any phone signal we would be very dangerous to get help. If was not a nomad man just rode on his horses we were never safed . He spoke only Russian and needed some money . After long negotiation we all were saved .
We are super thankful and lucky for the nomad man but will be highly cautions by taking our own trip in this kind of foreigh land without knowing much of the road conditions and local language. Guys,please take a tour if you are foreign to this landscape.
大家不要随便自由行过去,除非你有很熟悉当地的司机或者参团。非常差异的网络和电信设施将会使你崩溃并很难获得救援服务。不会俄语的也要当心。哈国风光好,功课要提前做充足,心理预期也要有一定的硬件落差。