Kazakhstan Travel Blogs

Aktau
Jan 24, 2008 (3 photos)

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Rencontres D'automne, The Feeling of Fall
Nov 19, 2007 (15 photos)

Entering Kazakstan, my light blue visa was stamped on the 15th of November, as hordes of shoppers left China for their home, bringing boxes of inexpensive appliances and goods with them.  Just before the border, as I was carefully changing money on ...

Back in Almaty
May 10, 2007 (5 photos)

... .net.  So look for me on their Kazakhstan blog. I'm writing about the arts here in Almaty and wherever I go in Kazakhstan.   I have an exhibit coming up in August. I'll let you know more about this as it develops.  This project should ...

Semey
Oct 10, 2006 (5 photos)

... and incredible collection of Russian and Kazakh art. This collection has to be one of the strongest collections in Kazakhstan. The works include a Rembrandt work, paintings also included in the gallery are: Soviet Dissident works, Soviet Social Realists, ...

One steppe closer
Sep 4, 2009 (3 photos)

... they are not wrong. It is essentially someone's apartment, that someone being So Young, a Korean who is working here in Kazakhstan. Incredibly hospitable, and helpful, who just wants you to feel at home. That is all from me for now, as otherwise any ...

Zharkent-Almaty
Jun 11, 2009 (10 photos)

Thurs. 11 Jun. Zharkent - Almaty. Up and off at 9am.(would loved to have stayed longer). An hour into our drive we stopped, roadside, for a cuppa and porridge. And very hurriedly we moved on...before the tiny midges ate us, or our breakfast . Featureless ...

In the Apartment
Oct 8, 2007 (7 photos)

Still having trouble finding easy Internet access. Our move into the apartment yesterday went well and we are in the process of buying the extra things to keep us comfortable for the next three months. There is a shopping mall just up the road and the ...

Happy New Year!
Jan 1, 2007 (5 photos)

... Soros Center For Contemporary Arts. The show is about how artists should be critical of the government and the culture of Kazakhstan. Artists should be the plotter pen and paper on the Seismogram, bouncing and bobbing all over the place exposing the ...

Austrian helpfulness and German Hospitality
Nov 11, 2007 (14 photos)

Yesterday it was still snowy and cold. After playing in the snow some more the kids decided to stay home and Daniel went out and got some children video games. However, we had a bit of a disaster. Lily's 2nd horse riding game worked well, even with ...

Artpologist.net
Jul 25, 2007

... partners Zhanara, Aminatou, and Gaisha.  Check us out on artpologist.net for all the latest news about my adventure in Kazakhstan.  Our new project is called The Transformation of Space in Almaty.  We're doing an art project about the ...

Rainy day
Sep 3, 2009

What do I do on a rainy day in Astana? Well, the first thing is to see if there has been any progress with the bike. I text Sasha. No response. Unusual. I text Assel and get an immediate response. They want the diagnostic programme! How am I supposed to ...

Someone else has other plans
Aug 28, 2009 (1 photos)

... that it didn't seem to be the problem. A text to Dmitri in the Ukraine starts the process of a rescue. Denis, aftersales manager BMW Kazakhstan, contacts me and says he can get someone to bring the bike to them for $1050. Denis, I can fly the bike to the ...

More Hats
Nov 25, 2007 (4 photos)

We went back to the place where Daniel found his hat, intending to get a hat for Tory. Well, Tory got her hat, similair to Daniel's, but with a black/white speckled fur. Heath and Lily spotted the kids hats in the story and so they got one each. Then Lily ...

New Beginnings
Sep 7, 2009

The early start I hope for does not materialise. I have tea at Nikolai's. I say goodbye to him. I say goodbye to Nikolai II. I go to Astana Motors and say goodbye to Sasha and Assel and I am finally on my way at midday. I feel a strange reluctance to ...

Back on the road (with a vengeance)
Sep 8, 2009 (3 photos)

I am away early this morning. The day is a series of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 mile straights. I've lost the wheat fields and it is now dry grassland. There are hills on the horizon for a while and the we return to grassland at Lake Balkhash, where dried fish is ...

Balkhash-Karaganda
Jun 16, 2009 (8 photos)

Mon. 15th Jun. Balkhash - Karaganda. We knew the truck would be safe last night as it was parked between the hotel and a police station. However, some wedding celebrations went on all night! Away at 9 am, stopping to take pic's of this old, but lively ...

Who will rescue the rescuers?
Aug 30, 2009 (3 photos)

It takes me an hour to pack up and then to the cafe for breakfast. I say good morning and order with authority and my nyet lady compliments me on my improving Russian!!! The rescue truck is expected at 14.00 and bang on time pulls up outside. I had in ...

Baby Jesus Meets Zen Water Feature
Dec 16, 2007 (1 photos)

We had an excellent lunch at the Zhety Kazana, on Marketaeva St. just behind the Jibek Joly Mall, on Saturday afternoon with Jessie. Jessie is a Canadian who has lived here for four years teaching and adds to the long list of Canadians who I have meet ...

Museum of Kazakh Instruments
Nov 22, 2007 (6 photos)

We finally made it to the Museum of Kazkah Musical Instruments on Tuesday.  The museum is housed in a beautiful old wooden building at the eastern end of Ascension Park. We had to pay 200 Tenge ($2) each to get in and walked through three rooms of ...

Out and About
Aug 16, 2009 (8 photos)

... KISA (KIMEP International Students Association), a Kazakh who is interested in meeting international students, about language in Kazakhstan.  KISA members volunteer their time and knowledge of the nation to help internationasl students acclamate to ...

Bard
Sep 11, 1989

Through the songs and legends, the Bard for a place filled with pessimism about their lotro gold. She can inspire those timid and sad people to complete the great cause. On the battlefield, she can inspire the morale of the songs to strengthen and restore ...

Wardrobe Troubles
Nov 7, 2007 (2 photos)

We have had a quiet few days after the zoo trip and are getting ready for our first organised excursion tomorrow. We have booked a day trip, including the Mosque and State Museum followed by a Hawk farm and the Medeau (Ice Skating Rink). Hopefully some ...

DHL can stick it where the sun don't shine
Jul 20, 2009

Today's been a bit of a faff, we woke up a little later than intended and I headed into town get some passport photos. An hour and a bit later I returned and we set off to find internet, change money, find a map and send a parcel. My god it took a while ...

Art openings
Jan 2, 2007 (5 photos)

I figure you guys can enjoyed the photos. Let me know if theirs anything you guys want me to take pictures of here in Kazakstan. Daniel.

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Nov 9, 2007 (14 photos)

Well today we were woken by a small shout from a young lad who contiues to wake up early every morning. The cries of Mama, Dad its snowing were met with derision from bth parents but especially me as I turned over to return to the land of sleep. ...

House bound for a few days
Oct 28, 2007 (12 photos)

Well, either the lack of sanitation, years past used-by date food in the shopping centre, foreign  bacteria or all of the above have caught up with us. We were planning an expedition to a turkish shopping centre with an in-door ice-skating rink and ...

Country 115 after LP China got confiscated
Apr 30, 2008 (19 photos)

Hallo zusammen, ich bin in Kazachstan angekommen, Land 115 ist damit abgehakt:-) Die Zugfahrt war recht unspektakulaer, wir sind am morgen an der Grenze angekommen (btw, die Sonne ging um 21:30 unter, Mitternachtssonne gibt es wohl nur im Juni, mein ...

A few things to remember
Oct 23, 2007

Tomorrow is a public holiday in Kazakhstan, possibly Independance Day I think. Should be some parades and fireworks. We have had a little set-back, in that the arrangements we made for forwarding our mail seem to have failed. Many thanks to our ...

Greetings from glorious nation Kazakhstan
Apr 8, 2007 (2 photos)

... with a double bed and full bathroom, but there really is something quite surreal about having a shower while rattling across the Kazakhstan steppe! "Rattling" being the right word - we don't go very fast and the train stops frequently as some vast freight ...

Crazy Horses
Jul 18, 2009

Not a great deal to say about today, it was very much a driving day. We managed just over 600km on our way to Almaty. The only event of note was being pulled over for the obligatory fine which Dave managed to get the cop to downgrade from his ambitious ...