"Some people are doing other provisions of this, but our trip is on to Almaty, which is meant to be a different beast to Astana, and then we're going on to Uzbekistan, we're going to Tashkent. We're hoping to see the final of the Central Asian Republic tournament that's going on at the moment, and then we're going to Bukara, Kiva, and Samaran."
"It's just been absolutely amazing,"
"Coming from mid Wales, we stayed overnight in Bristol, very early flight to Istanbul, four hours in Istanbul, and then we arrived in the very small hours of Monday morni"
Wales supporters traveled to Astana for a 7,000-mile round trip World Cup qualifying match, marking the men's team's furthest-ever qualifier and first visit to Kazakhstan. More than 1,000 fans made the journey and many planned onward travel across Central Asia, including Almaty, Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Bukara, Kiva and Samaran by train, flight or automobile. Kazakhstan spans two continents and is the world's ninth largest country by land area. Astana was purpose-built as the national capital in 1997 and presents as a shiny, somewhat soulless concrete metropolis. The long distance increased the trip's appeal for supporters.
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