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 * Either way, can get to Almaty on the 10th having left Moscow on the 7th: leave at 13:20, arrive Ekaterinburg at 17:38 on the 8th, leave at 18:03, arrive Karaganda at 00:05 on the 10th, then get to Almaty at 16:32.
 ** Or so as not to be changing trains in the very middle of the night, arrive Astana at 19:35 on the 9th ready for the 21:05 to Almaty.
+** Will have arrived in Moscow at 06:43 (having left Kiev at 20:52), so leaving at 13:20 is not so bad.
+** Wait, this actually leaves me with *extra* time in Moscow (and also in china) - had been expecting to leave on the 6th.
+** The 19:25 from Astana arrives Almaty at 07:46; maybe that's better, if arrive in time in Astana.
+** Can arrive Tashkent 18:25 on the 9th, but we knew that already I guess.
+** If we leave Moscow at 23:59 on tue 6th (as keikaku), we then arrive Astana at 18:25 on the 9th, ready for the 19:25 fast train to Almaty, arriving on the morning of the 10th. Bingo!
+* So, what to do with the extra time from arriving in China on Mon 12 rather than Wed 14?
+** See more of China, I guess
+** If I went straight to Beijing, would arrive at the same time as the TSR - though even then, have gained a day's looking around Astana.
+** Leave Urumqi 17:14 on Mon 12th, arrive Shanghai 13:58 on Wed 14th. Spend some days there.
+** Alternately: Leave Urumqi 17:14 on wed 14th, arrive Shanghi 13:58 on Fri 16th, then I'm leaving on the ferry at 13:00 on Sat 17th.
+*** So leave Almaty 23:58 on Mon 12th
+*** Leave Moscow 23:10 on Thur 8th (or 13:20 on Fri 9th if don't need a whole day in Almaty).
+*** Could leave Tashkent 01:15 on Sunday 11th, spend 8 hours of the 11th in Timur and then get the overnight train to Almaty, arriving 11:33.
+*** The direct Moscow-Tashkent train arrives in the evening, could leave moscow 23:10 on wed 7th and arrive there 20:05 on the 10th.
+*** Could leave Chimkent at 18:10 on Sunday 11th.
+*** There's a fast overnight train from Odessa to Kiev, could spend Wed 7th in Kiev and Tue 6th in Odessa, if I can get there in time
+*** Sleeper from Lvov to Odessa - spend Monday 5th in Lvov
+*** Sleeper from Minsk to Lvov, sort of.
+*** Let's give up on Lvov, try going to Odessa.
+*** There's a sleeper from Berlin to Odessa - leave 16:22/16:50 on Sunday 4th, arrive 05:36 on Tue 6th.
+*** Amsterdam-Berlin is an easy sleeper. In fact, it's going to Prague. Alternately, Warsaw rather than Berlin.
+*** Can leave Chimkent at 22:00 on Sunday 11, or later.
+*** Can leave Bishkek at 10:33 on Sunday 11, sort of - this is Chimkent service again, changing in Lugovaya. Still: Leave Bishkek 22:53 Saturday 10th, arrive Lugovaya 06:58 Sunday 11th, leave Lugovaya 00:40 Sat 11th, arrive Almaty morning of Mon 12th.
+*** Can leave Tashkent on thursday 8th, arriving Almaty mid-afternoon on Friday 9th.
+*** Can go Samarkand-Tashkent on the 8th in the day.
+*** There's a direct train Samarkand-Almaty leaving morning of wed 7 and arriving evening of Thur 8
+*** Or leaving tue morning and arriving thur evening with days in Tashkent and Timur
+*** Leave Timur 19:11 on Sun 11, arrive Almaty 11:33 on Mon 12
+*** Leave Tashkent 22:15 on Sat 10, arrive Timur 06:47 on Sun 11.
+*** But can't get there from Samarkand.
+*** Leave Atyrau 15:00 on Thur 8, arrive Almaty 15:55 on Sat 10 - or leave Sat and arrive Mon.
+*** Leave Baku 23:30 on wed 7, arrive Atyrau 04:15 Sat 10, with day in Astrachan in between
+*** Can't get there from London.
+*** Can get to Atyrau on Sat by leaving Kiev on Wed, get 4 hours in Volgograd on the way. Presumably could leave Kiev on Mon and get to Atyrau on Thur.