Road clue guides · Asia
How to recognise Kazakhstan from the road
Drives on the right
Flat steppe to the horizon, wide roads and big skies. Kazakhstan uses Cyrillic with letters of its own.
What to look for
1
Kazakh letters
Look for ә, қ, ң, ғ and ұ, which Russian does not use. Russian is common on signs too.
2
Steppe
Much of the country is flat, dry grassland with very few trees.
3
Wide and empty
Roads are long and straight, with huge distances between towns.
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