Ambassador Almaty Hotel

... hot dry air to the cold damp air, everyone's health is quickly deteriorating. Students routinely show up to class wearing surgical masks so as not to spread their sick to everyone else. In fact, last week, I came down with the flu for the first time in my memory. I had a high fever Sunday night, but I didn’t have a thermometer at home so I don’t know how high it actually was. Monday I was doing a little better. Instead of going to my Political Science ...

... to define life here. The current great debate is how to write Kazakh. Before the Russian Empire invaded Kazakh territory in the 19th century, Kazakh language was written using Arabic script. In fact, those ethnic Kazakhs who have lived abroad for generations are generally said both to speak Kazakh language better than Kazakhs in Kazakhstan, and they read Kazakh in its Arabic script. With Russficiation, Kazakh language was transcribed into the ...

... Kazakhstan, the state of the US, and the state of Europe. They aspire to be as developed and as much of an economic power as the US and Western Europe. But at the same time, they want to do it their way, in accordance with their culture and history. For the first time in centuries, they have the opportunity to create their own image of themselves, to define who Kazakhs are and what Kazakhstan stands for. They are struggling for a sense of identity, for ...

Wenn es mal schnell gehen muss kaufe ich mir halt an einer Bude an irgendeiner Ecke einen Snack. Russische Speisekarte, klar, einige Dinge kenne ich, aber die sind wohl momentan ausverkauft (oder die Verkäuferin hat keine Lust sie zuzubereiten). Dann bestelle ich eben das nächste auf der Liste, auch egal. Was ich dann bekam sah aus wie panierter Fisch, allerdings war kein Fisch drin; quasi Fischpanade, natürlich fetttriefend. Zu allem Überfluss habe ich mir ...

... recognize the importance of education and are willing to go to great lengths to make sure their children, their future leaders, receive a good education, no matter where they come from in the country. I feel so honored to represent the United States as part of that effort.<br><br>On another note, classes start tomorrow. The beginning of school activities has already begun for us international students. On Friday, we had an orientation session ...

... Sunday, but her mom wanted to come over sooner. I loved the idea. We had plov (pilaf &#8211; rice with meat and I think it was mango in it), one of my favorite Russian dishes, that I guess is Kazakh as well. For dessert, we had fruit freshly bought from the Green Bazaar, the local market in time where city residents go to buy fresh fruits and vegetables, mostly grown locally. We had natural strawberries and juicy nectarines. It was the best fruit I can ...

... northwards out of town.<br><br>Eventually found a decent place to stop beside a river (not as idyllic as it sounds, there was rubbish and horse **** everywhere) and chilled out playing cards and enjoyed a cracking dinner of Dolmio and pasta and then watched as the brightest stars I've seen in years illuminated the skies around us.

... spoke to us we had all lost the ability to speak. We jokingly said sod Tajikistan lets go to Liberia but we soon returned to earth and remembered why we were there. This kind lady pointed us in the right direction and we were off.<br><br>I picked up my parts and Tim very kindly offered to fit my paralever and shock for me. All I could do was watch and run off and buy coffees when things were getting heated. My bike was eventually repaired and I was so pleased as it meant ...

... is hand over the money (it's not cheap) and turn up on the day. Again this is not an advert but I would recommend a company like NAVO Tours who have a lot of experience in this. Find them on the internet and contact Tracy in the English Department. It may not go completely smoothly but you have to remember that they have to cope with the bureaucracy too ...

Die Stadt blüht auf, ab** dank d** Wirtschaftkrise nimmt d** Strassenv**kehr ein bisschen ab. We***** Leute können sich die dicken Autos leisten, was ja auch nicht sooo schlecht ist. Leid** können sich auch we***** Leute uns**e Produkte leisten, was wied**um nicht so gut ist. Trotzdem die Anzahl d** Autos abgenommen hat ist es momentan nicht unbedingt angenehm zu fahren. Die Strassen w**den repari**t, dass ...