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May 29, 2017
Day trip to Astana
This Saturday I took a day trip to Astana, Kazakhstan's capital (Astana literally means capital in Kazakh). I found a cheap flight from Almaty and after 1.5…
April 24, 2017
The "singing" dune
Yesterday we traveled to Altyn Emel national park, located approximately 260 km north of Almaty, with a Kazakh tour guide named Talgat. The two founders of the…
April 24, 2017
Hello again from Almaty!
It's been a little while, but these past weeks I have been busy working on my internship. Finding respondents for the study is challenging, but it's going quite…
April 24, 2017
Charyn Canyon
This Saturday we took a bus tour to Charyn Canyon, a national park close to Chinese border. It was a three hour drive with a Russian speaking guide, but…
April 10, 2017
Medeu & Shymbulak
With the weather being so nice, this Sunday I decided to go into the mountains. Located just half an hour from the city center of Almaty is the ice skating rink…
April 09, 2017
Here comes the sun...
Hello there! So it seems I have survived my first week in Kazakhstan. And more than that, it has been great. I am getting settled in at the office and I have…
April 03, 2017
First day in Almaty
Yesterday was the first day of my two-month stay in Almaty, Kazakhstan. To explore the city, I started walking from my beautiful Soviet apartment on Abay Street…
Nov. 22, 2012
suddenly I miss Kazakhstan
soon Kazakhstan will be celebrating its Independence Day and I have this sudden ‘miss you’ feeling for that central Asian country.
April 10, 2012
Friends from 9 hours flight away
Am very glad and fortunate today to have received a visit by friends from Kazakhstan ~ a central asian country some 9 hours flight away. These journalists from…
Aug. 06, 2011
Kazakhstan 2011 - Day 4th, Karagije and Senek
The longest trip of our stay there - sand desert near Senek, depression Karagije (6th deepest in the world!) and oil field.
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