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Around Almaty: chairs and visas
... for pick-up. Also worth mentioning, is that we were offered a most delicious lunch in the cafe attached to the workshop. Deep fried eggplant and tomato, some warm potato salad with sausage (like Lauantaimakkara, for those of us who know what im talking about) and Michael also had a Borscht. All served with Georgian lemonade, which we hope to find at a store to make Radlers with.
Anyway sooner or later the crew declares that the car is done. As seems to be the case ...
The former capital
... kindly' escort you around, tracking down whatever's needed and finding someone to stick it all together. Being the naive gringos that we are, and having now had one good experience in Kazakhstan, we thought they were just being helpful!
Anyway we got what we needed, then came the negotiation. We almost walked away, with old mate takin' the ****, trying to rip the **** out of us. We ended up paying less than half ...
Phin - Stans
... party and made to dance, drink vodka, eat horse penis and sit on the front table....crazy night!...then drunk taxi driver arrived an hour early and honked till we came out!" Sept 20 Update Yay!! In Astana... Train for 20hrs back to Almaty tonight. Wah! Sept 24 Update Phin: "Waitin on way to London... Then Washington DC!! Bye bye Kazakhstan - "Is Nice" ;P" "Lucky me!... I've got 8000 tenge... Worth just over 50 bucks... Cuz no body wants to change it... Anybody heading to Kazakhstan in the near ...
Agressie in Kyrgystan
... maar verder gestapt tot we in de namiddag bij een paar yurten uitkwamen. Een yurt is zo’n mooie ronde tent waar veel mensen hier tijdens de zomermaanden in leven met heel het gezin. Onmiddellijk werd ons, na de verplichte thee, een slaapplaats aangeboden in de yurt van de schaapsherder. Daar hebben we de rest van de namiddag gespendeerd. Het was zalig om te zien hoe de drie jonge kindjes zich kostelijk zaten te amuseren door op het ezeltje van de herder rond te paraderen ...
Earthquake day
Ein Erdbeben der Stufe 5,4 hätte ich mir schlimmer vorgestellt. Bis auf ein Bild, das vom Schrank gefallen ist und dass die Wände ein bisschen gewackelt haben, hat sich nichts weiter getan. Trotzdem ist es sehr beeindruckend so ein Erdbeben zu erleben.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ recenteqsww/Quakes/usc000331s.php
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Location
Other places to stay in Almaty
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InterContinental Almaty Hotel
Zheltoksan str. 181, Almaty | 5 star hotel -
Hyatt Regency Almaty
Satpaeva str. 29/6 , Almaty | 3 star hotelfrom $195 -
Holiday Inn Almaty
2D Timiryazev Street, Almaty | 3 star hotelfrom $213 -
Otrar Hotel
Gogol str. 73, Almaty | 3 star hotelfrom $114 -
Grand Hotel Eurasia
Zholdasbekov str. 9a, Almaty | Hotelfrom $99 -
Best Eastern Astana International Hotel
113 Baitursynov Street, Almaty | Hotelfrom $139 -
Hotel Kazzhol
127 / 1 Gogol Str, Almaty | Hotelfrom $128 -
Kazakhstan Hotel
Dostyk ave. 52, Almaty | Hotelfrom $164 -
Dostyk Hotel
36, Kurmangazy Str, Almaty | 3 star hotelfrom $192 -
Almaty-Sapar Regency
177 Jamakayev Street, Almaty | 3 star hotelfrom $103 -
Ambassador Hotel
Zheltoksan str. 121, Almaty | Hotelfrom $129 -
Grand Hotel Aiser
Pozharskiy str. 1, Almaty | Hotelfrom $184 -
Premier Alatau Hotel
105 Dostyk Avenue, Almaty | Hotel -
Worldhotel Saltanat Almaty
164 Furmanov Street, Almaty | 4 star hotelfrom $205 -
Grand Hotel Tien-Shan
Bogenbai Batyr St.,115, Almaty | Hotelfrom $222 -
Hotel "Alma-Ata"
Kabanbay Batyr Str., 85, Almaty | Hotelfrom $132 -
Turkestan Hotel
Makataev str. 49, Almaty | Hotelfrom $20 -
Hotel Uyut
Gogol str. 127/1, Almaty | Hotelfrom $129 -
Tien-Shan City Hotel
151/34, Kunaev Street, Almaty | Hotelfrom $140 -
Hotel Zhetysu
55, Abylay Khan ave, Almaty | Hotel -
Tay House Hotel
Ile-Alatau national park, Almaty | Hotel -
Hotel Golden Hills
254 Zhamakaeva Street, Almaty | Hotel -
Best Eastern Almaty Hotel
85 Kabanbay Batyra Str, Almaty | Hotel -
Almaty JW Marriott Hotel
Esentai Park, Almaty | Hotel -
Rixos Almaty
506-99 Seifullin Avenue, Almaty | 5 star hotelfrom $278 -
Royal Tulip Almaty
Ospanova str. 401\2, Almaty | 5 star hotelfrom $356