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'''{{Semey}}''' is a city in [[Kazakhstan]]. Semey is famous by soviet nuclear poligon located not far from city.
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'''Semey''' is a city in eastern [[Kazakhstan]]. Semey is infamous for a Soviet nuclear test site, the "Polygon" (formerly known as ''Semipalatinsk'') located not far from the city.
  
==Hitching Out==
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== Hitchhiking out ==
  
===South towards [[Taldy-Kurgan]], [[Almaty]]===
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=== South towards [[Taldy-Kurgan]], [[Almaty]] (M38) ===
There is a huge roundabout connecting two bridges on the left riverside. Walk along the 6 lanes road in southern direction. From busstop take bus #41 to "Myasokombinat". Then cross the road and wait for a bus #13 to "kolonka" busstop. Bus will turn left and you should follow 4 lane road. Right after busstop is a place where locals trying to get a lift. Walk a bit among road and start hitching.
 
  
==Hitching In==
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There is a large roundabout connecting two bridges on the left bank of the river. Walk south along the 6-lane road. From the bus stop, take bus #41 to ''Myasokombinat''. Then, cross the road and wait for bus #13 to the stop ''Kolonka''. The bus will turn left and you should follow the 4-lane road. Right after the bus stop, there is a place where locals try to get a lift. Walk a bit along the road and start hitching.
Bus station and two train station on both riversides generate enough route buses in any direction.
 
  
==Places to Visit==
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=== North towards [[Barnaul]], [[Russia]] (A322) ===
Explore new bridge across the river. Looks like spaceship in a jungle.
 
  
==Places to Avoid==
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From Semey you can take bus 9, 12 35, 37 or 39 they all go to the exit of the city on the North-East part. You can stop here: 50.4630887,80.2891722 before the bus turn right. You will be at the entrance of "highway", there is a petrol station before the bridge. People stop here before going in Russia. I wait 2 minutes for a car who directly bring me to Novossibirsk.
Semey nuclear poligon is highly contaminated by Caesium-137.
 
  
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== Places to Avoid ==
[[Category:Templates]]</noinclude>
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The Semey Polygon is highly contaminated with radiation. Stick to established routes.
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== Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==
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[[Category:E127]]

Latest revision as of 12:12, 4 February 2021

Semey is a city in eastern Kazakhstan. Semey is infamous for a Soviet nuclear test site, the "Polygon" (formerly known as Semipalatinsk) located not far from the city.

Hitchhiking out

South towards Taldy-Kurgan, Almaty (M38)

There is a large roundabout connecting two bridges on the left bank of the river. Walk south along the 6-lane road. From the bus stop, take bus #41 to Myasokombinat. Then, cross the road and wait for bus #13 to the stop Kolonka. The bus will turn left and you should follow the 4-lane road. Right after the bus stop, there is a place where locals try to get a lift. Walk a bit along the road and start hitching.

North towards Barnaul, Russia (A322)

From Semey you can take bus 9, 12 35, 37 or 39 they all go to the exit of the city on the North-East part. You can stop here: 50.4630887,80.2891722 before the bus turn right. You will be at the entrance of "highway", there is a petrol station before the bridge. People stop here before going in Russia. I wait 2 minutes for a car who directly bring me to Novossibirsk.

Places to Avoid

The Semey Polygon is highly contaminated with radiation. Stick to established routes.


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