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- Astana
- Capital
- Tenge (KZT)
- Currency
- 16,731,303
- Population
- KZ
- Country Code
Almaty Slideshow
Almaty
Travel Blogs from Almaty, Kazakhstan
Artpologist.net
... 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 ...
Art openings
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. ...
January Travel Blog
... working. I was on a television show here in Almaty this week. It was a talk show about the art situation in Kazakhstan. There has a been a lot of debate recently about the subject of contemporary art here. Zhanara and I were invited with Valeria, ...
Art and Kazakhstan
... interested in buying some work? I now have enough work and time available to offer my work that I'm doing here in Kazakhstan. I'm also looking for ideas about showing Kazakh art in America. Does anyone have any idea on places that are available ...
A trip to the Madanov family's apartment.
... There is an interview with Kisho Kurokawa a Japanese architect that has done a lot of the newest grand scale architecture in Kazakhstan. Also included in the book, are works by the artist, Galim Madanov. He has some nice contemporary art that is ...
Boy's Blog 3
... nbsp; Most expensive- Rural Aus, Cheapest so far- Kazakhstan ( 60c ltr ) Parking Meters ...
A visit to Tastak and Vadim Kazantsev
... despite the fact that the whole city was struggling to make ends meet. Vadim was trained as an architect, at Kazakhstan Academy Of Architecture. However, he discovered the creative side of him when he reluctantly joined a cooperative that was doing ...
Searching - the hard way.
... not carrying a "Lonely Planet" or other brand guide book. I would need an expensive book ($20 + each) for; Nepal, China, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Since I am spending, at most two days in any particular city, I find information by reading about them ...
Hello from Kazakhstan
April 6, 2005 Hello from Kazakhstan! Thank you to all those who have sent e-mails. I got many nice e-mails after I sent the "I made it" e-mail. I love them and keep them coming. I am sorry that I have not written back to many of you. We have limited ...
Dacha
... you can't keep up with their names. Some of these are bigger than the biggest grapefruit in California! The famous Aport apple of Almaty is the biggest and best tasting. On the flip side I've even seen apples the size of blueberries! By the end of ...
First Communication
March 10, 2005 MAma, Papa, MAma 2, Brut, Baboshka, DeDuska, Friends & Family Hello from Kazakhstan, I only have a few minutes to write since I am at the "hub site" studying Russian and need to be home by 10 so MAma will not worry. It was a long ...
Almaty
... there who are "urbanists" should read this one. It has many parallels with the making of the capital city of Astana here in Kazakhstan. We have to get back to Taraz. I've got to continue with my painting. I've been doing some interesting work. We ...
Winter Snow
Hello all, Over the next half a year many friends will be making their way out to Kazakhstan. I figured I better get busy with posting some photos that will get them excited about this place. Almaty is a city with over a million people. But, ...
March in Almaty, and April in Paris
... forward to hanging out with them as well. Most of all, it will be important for Zhanara to spend some time away from Kazakhstan to give her a little perspective on her work. A much needed vacation from her fieldwork is due to her. Things get pretty ...
saatchi's site
I'm now on Charle's Saatchi's web site if anyone is interested in checking out my work. here is the link: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/ /29192.html ...
Late November in Almaty
... interactive. There were live bands and some of them were quite good. Ok, if anyone has any questions about Borat and Kazakhstan and anything else that's interesting, please write to me. I would love to know what everyone is doing with their busy ...
Almaty
Sat.13th Jun. Almaty. Only a blog of few words today because we have been really lazy just walking leisurely around this lovely city. So, we'll post some pics now to show you what we have seen. ...
Paris
Hello everyone, Daniel here, I haven't been to Paris in 4 years, and Zhanara has never been. So, does anyone have advice? I was just wondering if anyone had any idea about places to stay in Paris, France. Zhanara and I are going to meet my ...
Samal district
... fresh home made Mexican Salsa is perfect! I'm gonna get the rumor out that Tania and Nick are coming to see us here in Almaty. Tania says there's a flight from karachi city(Where Tania is doing her fieldwork) in Pakistan. So we really can't wait to ...
Almaty in October
... in Almaty and anything goes here. If you don't move out you will be forced out. There is no excuse to stop progression here in Almaty. If your house or apartment is old then it goes out for the price you bought it for even if you don't want to move. ...
Almaty is our new home.
... I'm sure you guys were probably interested in seeing it. I will post more photos of the downtown soon. The population of Almaty is 1.2 million. It was founded in 1854 as a Russian fort. Anyhow, Leon Trotsky and many other Russian's were sent here ...
Interesting things
May 11, 2005 Here are some interesting things about Kazakhstan that I though was different in the beginning but now they are perfectly normal. 1. Everyone carries a plastic shopping bag, called a packet, here instead of a briefcase, backpack or ...
Almaty (Walking around town)
My last day in Almaty, which I spent doing a little more sightseeing and walking around the ...
Medeo & Shymbulak, Kazakhstan
... it to be one of the finest meats and usually seek when traveling in out in places like Quebec, France, Belgium, and now Kazakhstan where it's considered a delicacy. Yumm! I suppose I must have looked especially pathetic as I was ...
Almaty, Kazakhstan
... centrally located Astana in the 1990s. From the looks of things, though, it appears that much of Kazakhstan's oil wealth is still gravitating to Almaty even though it's far from the production centers; the city is full of construction sites, glassy ...
Turgen Gorge
We went on another hike today. The weather wasn't that nice today, but at least it didn't rain. We went to the Turgen gorge, and hiked along the Turgen river to a beautiful half-frozen waterfall. The hike took about 5 hours in total and was much flatter ...
Manshouk Mametova Glacier
... we went on a day hike up to the Manshouk Mametova Glacier. We were led by two guides, Asya and Alexei, from the Almaty Trekking club (www.trekkingclub.kz). We started early in the morning on the one hour drive to the trail head, and began the ...
Almaty (Green Bazaar and Panilov Park)
Our planned hike for today was cancelled because of too much snow. It had snowed all night in the mountains, and the trek we were planning to do was apparently not passable. So we spent a nice and relaxing day in the city instead. We did some more ...