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... a bomb so I'd better save wherever I can and 65 tenge as opposed to 600 tenge is not to be sneezed at! I find a distraught Sasha at Astana Motors. He tried to text me all yesterday and could not get through. C'est la vie. We try the programme. No joy! The ...
... but I pick up the essentials. Mobile batteries are low, the signal isn't good but finally someone will come with a spare belt from Astana, about four hours away. Midgies are having a field day on the three of us as darkness falls. We spend an uneasy four ...
It is a surprisingly bitterly cold and overcast day and I head off to the Russian consulate to try to get a visa. A group of us wait outside a very firmly locked gate and one by one a disembodied voice calls through an intercom. The next in ...
I have been getting replies from people saying that they sometimes have trouble opening this website. If that is the case just do an Internet search (ex. Yahoo, MSN, Google, etc...) for "Johnny Nomad" and you should be able to access the site that ...
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Almaty, Kazakhstan
Posted on Jul 23, 2009, 23:16:12
... to Astana. And Almaty gained a status of South Capital. Also our city is cultural, education and touristic center of Kazakhstan. Population of the city is about two million people (including regions around the city). Almaty is located in South-East of ...
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Kazakhstan
Posted on Oct 26, 2006, 03:12:42
So -40 C is no big deal ? I regret I only went to Astana in the summer and missed the blizzards,frostbite and gangrene.Then there are the chilly steppe winds adding to the fun.Do come to Astana in the winter,you wont forget it.
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Kazakhstan
Posted on Oct 22, 2006, 12:29:09
... fascinating land of endless steppe,the atomic playground of the former Soviet Union ? Anyone lived in Almaty or Astana or travelled to the Charyon Canyon and Turgen ? Skated in Modeo or gone to Chimbulak ? Froze in -20-40 temperatures ? Ah Kazakhstan!
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Kazakhstan
Posted on Oct 27, 2006, 02:06:56
Almaty,the southern (and former) capital is quite a contrast to Astana.Here the winter temperature can reach a mild -20 C. But come here in the summer and it looks gorgeous.Greenery everywhere.The Tien Shan mountains in the backdrop.A lively nightlife.A ...
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