Best Eastern Hotel Otrar Almaty

... And, we have to have been cleared medically by the Health Center, meaning our chest x-ray has to come back negative for tuberculosis, our HIV test must come back negative, and we have to turn in a (correctly) completed 086Y form, giving us a clean bill of health. Being a Master’s student, credit for a couple of the courses I took as an undergraduate could be transferred to fulfill some of my Master’s requirements. I gathered the forms I ...

... to comment there...). The accommodation in Almaty seems to be largely based on business people, here for the oil, gas and mining interests. As such, budget hostels/places to stay are somewhat limited, and it was by chance online that I found a guesthouse that had rave reviews from people who have stayed here (along with a map of where the heck it was - all the streets in Almaty appear alarmingly similar, being massive boulevads with ...

... the orientation program that KIMEP hosts for international students and put together programs throughout the year for international students. This student with whom I was talking, Nariman, said that President Nazarbayev is planning on actually declaring three languages as the official languages of Kazakhstan: first, Kazakh, second, English, and third, Russian. Nariman sounded skeptical about how effective this drive to make English an official ...

... typical ugly American image, I guess.

I feel so at home here. For the first time in my life, I am in a culture that is a mixture of East and West, that is an ethnicity that is a mixture of Asia and Europe, and where everyone looks younger than their age. To sum up, having grown up in a household of two different cultures has made it naturally for me to enfold myself into such a melting pot of cultures here (of Russian, Kazakh, Uigur, Korean ...

... 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 ...

... aber wir werden sicherlich auch bald eine Beschäftigung für sie finden. Mach Dir ein schönes Wochenende!

Den besten Lacher in einer sonst nicht sehr spaßintensiven Arbeitswoche war folgende Anweisung zur Budgetplanung: "...cost budgets are expected to remain flat compared to 2009. Inflation is therwith to be compensated by efficiency improvements." Ja, na dann mal los!

... 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.

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 ...

... are 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!
Almaty, Kazakhstan nz2uk

... hießen der Bräutigam nach uns und der Bräutigam vor uns auch schon "Berik", so wie mein Nachbar. Weiter ging's zu den Heldendenkmälern, im Panfilovpark steht das Weltkriegsdenkmal, auf dem Platz der Republik steht ein Denkmal, vor dem Apfelgarten das nächste, usw. Da alle Hochzeitsgesellschaften diese Rosskur machen ist das Gedränge entsprechend groß, was den eigentlichen Spaß daran reduziert. Es geht aber eigentlich auch nicht um den ...

Nachdem mich letztes Wochenende Nebel vom Peak Furmanova abgehalten hat wollte ich es heute nochmal versuchen. Das Wetter war gut, schicke, weiße, hohe Gipfel, dazwischen mit 3053 Metern einer der kleineren, Peak Furmanova. Bis dahin, wo ich auch letztes Wochenende gekommen bin war's wieder kein Problem, der Weg war schon von anderen Leuten begangen. Die letzten zwei Stunden der Wanderung musste ich mir aber den Weg selber durch den Schnee graben. Wie tief ...