The End is Nigh

Because we are still waiting for our paperwork, our scheduled departure date from Karaganda has come and gone. It was supposed to be last Sunday. But now we have a new date: Tuesday, October 6.

We leave here at about 10:30 AM and fly to Almaty on a Fokker 50 propeller plane. After that short 2 hour jaunt, we have a tidy little 14 hour layover in Almaty. Then it’s off to Frankfurt at 2:55 AM on a 6 hour flight. Then an 8 hour wait in the airport there before our 8½ hour flight to Toronto. Followed by a 2 hour wait before our 1 hour flight to Ottawa. We arrive there at 7:10 PM on Wednesday.

Those of you doing the math with fingers and toes by now have run out. Twice. That’s a 41½ hour odyssey if you include waiting times. We will be checking into a hotel in Almaty for sure. Maybe also in Frankfurt.