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>hiking to Mongolia more or less along the Russia-China border.
Good luck.
>How should I prepare?
First you must understand that what you're thinking of doing is impossible. Then you must accept that it's impossible and grow up. You can't hike from Kazakhstan to Mongolia along the border because the border region is very mountainous so you'd have to climb, as in you'd need all the gear for mountaineering and you'd also have to get a professional to go with you because it's very dangerous as fuck. If you are sure you want to go alone, make sure to tell as many people as you can where you're going and make sure they'll be reachable by phone if you get arrested. And yes, you will get arrested even if you have all the proper permits to cross the borders however you wish because the Chinese government gives no fucks. On the Russian side you can explain yourself away most likely since you're Kazakh, maybe on the Chinese side too since many Kazakh live there, but good luck if the Chinese Chinese border security catch you. You'll be handcuffed, thrown in a cell that's colder than Natalia's cunt and left there until somebody comes pick you up. Now that's the best outcome assuming you get caught. There are also Uyghur terrorists, and if they get you, you might just end up being held hostage or killed. Not only that, there are the nameless cannibal clans who will eat you if they catch you, most people consider them an urban legend to keep people from illegal border crossings but they're real. Hiking through the forested valleys by the rivers is not a solution unless you want your little trip to take a week, a month or even more because it's easily going to be 300 kilometres and you might get lost. There's no cell service a lot of places, no internet, you can't check Google Earth to locate yourself by landmarks as if there were any, and some maps of the region are not very reliable. Print a bunch of close ups of Google Earth, make them into a book and take that with you at the least. Also make sure you have a lot of water and food with you, you can hunt and drink from rivers but you shouldn't resort to that unless you absolutely have to because you never know how many animals and people have taken a shit in the rivers. The border guards might also take you back to the Kazakh border if you're lost or they think you're lost, and I'm fairly certain you'd have to pay them for wasting time and resources on your bullshit. I've heard that the Chinese guards are actually likely to just plain and simple shoot you if they think you're smuggling drugs, then again there aren't many guards at all so it's also likely to be a result of that to use too much force.