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Daily archives: July 18, 2017


Valley of Balls, Kazakhstan 1
In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned… The four worlds formed again and yet again… Time and the pure essences of Heaven, the moisture […]

The Valley of Balls, and Lion’s Mountain, Mangistau, Kazakhstan

18 Jul, 2017  in Kazakhstan  tagged Kazakhstan / Lion's Mountain / Mangistau / Ryn Desert / Sherkala / Travel blog / Valley of Balls / Шерқала by Benjamin White



Benjamin White

Benjamin White is a long, long, long term traveller. He has spent 6 of the last 12 years backpacking, travelling, working and living abroad, primarily in developing and underdeveloped countries. He travelled through Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan in 2015. The first half of 2016 was spent travelling through Peru, Colombia, and Central America; the second half spent living on a small island in Papua New Guinea called Daru. In 2017 he achieved one of his lifetime goals when he entered his 100th country. Lifetime goal accomplished, he now plans to take time off to travel.

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