Best Eastern Hotel Otrar Almaty

... and although I had to take strange pills and mouth sprays and drink tea with jam, I must say that I got better pretty quickly. Not bad! I’m impressed. On a more positive note, life is continuing as eventfully as ever here in Kazakhstan. I am learning so much and meeting so many different people. In the last week or two, everything has really picked up to the point where I don't even stop for breath anymore...what a full experience! New developments ...

... to be in a completely different environment after three weeks travelling through China.<br><br>We spent some time in a very nice park: The 28 Panfilov Heroes Memorial Park which honours the men from Kazakhstan who died on the battlefields of the 2nd World War against Nazi fascism. There is an 'eternal flame' by the war memorial where schoolchildren put flowers on the last day of school, and newlyweds also come to have ...

... die lokale Damenwelt ist (wie schonmal erwähnt) nicht gerade zurückhaltend mit ihrer ausgesprochenen Meinung zu Aussehen oder Erscheinung; manchmal macht es mich trotzdem noch ein bisschen verlegen. Wahrscheinlich werde ich hier bald entführt und einer Kuriositätengruppe zugeschlagen.<br><br>Auf in die nächste Woche, auf in eine Reisewoche. Zwischendurch geht's nach Astana, am Ende der Woche dann in die Schweiz und nach Deutschland.<br>

Wie überall in Almaty wird auch in meinem Viertel käftig gebaut. Mittlerweile kann ich zwar den kürzeren Weg zur Arbeit nehmen, um vom Haus auf die Hauptstraße zu kommen muss ich aber durch eine Baustelle fahren; nicht selten muss ich mit der Hupe gegen Lkws kämpfen um überhaupt durch zu kommen. Dieses Wochenende (wie wir alle ja mittlerweile hinlänglich wissen wird hier auch am Samstag und Sonntag durchgebaut) wurde die Wasserleitung erneuert ...

... person in the middle could tag us when our food was called out. Listening to all of the foods as we went around in the circle was awe-inspiring. We each called out some food that was very familiar to us personally, because it is a national food, but foreign to everyone else in the circle. All of these people of different cultures came together, shared their backgrounds, and learned about the other cultures. Some of the foods were internationally ...

... of desert driving in the north to get into inhabited areas. The temperatures hit 41c and hovered around 39c constantly. We had 35c plus for 10 in a row and who needs a shower when you can have a good sweat! We stopped for a look in Bukara, an amazing city, took an inner city track only as wide as the car, and checked out the old city. We drove on to Samarquand, but didnt make it and entered a random town looking for accomodation. We end up staying in the courtyard of an ...

... spot out of sight of the road which was just as well given Damien's frequent and often desperate need to relieve himself, if ya folla?!.<br><br><br><br>Oh, didn't get much sleep as the horses were loving our van and seemed to enjoying bashing into it and neighing wildly, Crazy Horses, whaaaa whaaaa!

... antwortet auf "Ich hätte g**ne eine Coke." mit "Ham wa nich" statt mit "Wir haben hi** Pepsi." ab** ich denke das kann man v**zeihen.<br><br>Sprachlich bin ich zum Glück nicht d** Einzige, d** hi** Probleme hat. Meine Kollegin ("The business trip was v**y good, we hardly worked") v**wechselt zudem auch ziemlich regelmäßig "Yest**day" und "Tomorrow". Nach dem Motto: "Maybe I can finish it until yest**day." "Wow, okay, that's more I wanted to ask ...

... due for another one in Kazakhstan and have a spare filter. A Toyota service has been very welcome because they are very enthusiastic and very keen to help and can't do enough for us. Andaman Toyota in Krabi were especially helpful as were Xi'an Toyota who even gave us lunch. A service also includes a wash. Try and get a free wash and polish at home!<br ...

... Duo d** Polizei stand da wied** am Straßenrand und hat mich wied** rausgewunken. (Dabei war mir noch nicht mal bewusst, dass man auch nicht g**adeaus fahren darf). Das Grinsen sah ich schon durch die Windschutzscheibe, wied** ins Auto gewunken, Hand geschüttelt (das macht man hi** so mit d** Polizei), auf Runglisch kurz abgeklärt, dass wir uns ja kennen, ich heute ausnahmsweise ohne Strafe davonkomme, ab** ich ...