Rixos President Astana Hotel
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In awe of Astana
... and only president. There’s a museum devoted to him, his name is everywhere and there was even talk of changing the name of Astana to Nazarbayev. So it comes as a mild shock that it is not his statute on top of the column, but that of Samryk, the mythical golden bird as seem on the bottom of the Kazakh flag.
On our last night, we went for some proper local food. Epoch is a Soviet-themed restaurant, with the walls and tables covered ...
Astana, I like!
... at the side of the street and hail an ordinary car going in your direction. More often than not, a local driver will be happy to make a few extra Tenge carrying complete strangers along the road they were going on anyway. It’s shuddering to think what might have gone wrong, but miraculously nothing did.
In another respect, Astana is like Las Vegas in that it is a city build practically in the middle of the desert and is able to expand ...
Episode 9
... away. It only lasted 15mins then we walked back to the car to find that in parts the car park was two feet (600mm) deep in water. The roads were awash too so we took the computer and adjourned to the food court area of the shopping centre and used the internet well into the evening. By that time much of the storm water had drained away and the traffic calmed down a bit. The sun was shinning brightly once more.
The following morning saw us back in ...
Episode 8
... corridor towards the end of which you knew you were getting near because you could smell it. The window at the end provided the only light and ventilation. It certainly didn’t encourage one to rush down and book a room at this fine establishment. We did see several staff but never did clap eyes on any likely guests.
After Ishim we carried on to Omsk: Omsk turned out to be another quite pleasant city once we accidently came to ...
Josh and Nadine
... caught the famous no.10 bus, seemingly it goes everywhere. We weren't disappointed. It mingled through the traffic all the way down the main street of the old city, showing off it's mix of Soviet and post-independence architecture. Following the Ishim River right down and around the Presidential Palace Ak Orda, it dropped us off near our hosts for the night at Nurzhol Boulevard, right beside the incredible Bayterek Monument. Our hosts Josh and ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Swimming pool
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Business Services
- Wheelchair accessibility
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