After getting the visa yesterday I was ready to make a move over the border in Kazakhstan today.
But when I tried to book the bus ticket, I found out that the border is closed on weekends!
That's something I wasn't expecting and means that I'll be in Urumqi until Monday when the next bus leaves for Almaty.
I guess it's lucky that I found this out before buying the ticket as opposed to finding out at the border.
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