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Title: Kazakhstan: meet the Asia
Post by: meehalych on October 15, 2014, 13:58:05
To begin with: if you are a traveller with no knowledge in either Russian or Kazakh you would be in difficulties  :). Russian is widely spoken there so I had no troubles in communication. People are friendly and in some sort the country resembles Russia.
Here are some photos from my mobile phone camera - I wish I had taken one of my compact photo camera.
I flew by Air Astana - national Kazakhstan aircompany - it seems to have most of aircraft in its fleet new. My journey began with flight delay, so I missed my connection at Almaty airport and had to spend a day in the city. We were 8 people, actually and aircompany brought us to a hotel in the city, where we had both breakfast and dinner  :happydance:, I even managed to ramble through the city. Almaty is flanked by mountains by one side and  steppe by three others - a mesmerizing view.
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141007_111544_zps39b6da32.jpg)

 Here is a national museum
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141007_112749_zpsc57372c7.jpg)
When I passed by it first time and stopped to take a photo I was fetched by a police officer, who was standing nearby and interrogated about what I do, I was also demanded to erase that photo and suggested to cross the road and take another photo. I did it on my way back of course, but that was a strange to me.

(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141007_113423_zpsb1408b45.jpg)

We set off for Shymkent in the evening, where our airplane arrived at 21pm.

The locals in Shymkent do not seem to have a taste for a good coffee, so in the cafes even in the hotels you are lickely to find an instant coffee only, with no options, it took me a day to find the places with coffee machines.
B727
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141009_121500_zpsf71b938e.jpg)

The rings like this can be found throughout the city
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141012_124315_zpsb76ddb81.jpg)

(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141012_124448_zps08be4bc0.jpg)
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141012_124711_zpsb454bb03.jpg)

A monument dedicated to Kazakhstan independence gained in 1991 with USSR collaps, but USSR has never left that place
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141012_131625_zps4f417769.jpg)
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141012_133157_zpseff7bb0e.jpg)
rainbow
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141012_133347_zps57914c75.jpg)

B737-700 of a local airline - a victim of our practical course
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141014_113649_zpsfc1adcfe.jpg)

Yesterday in the evening I took a plane that brought me back to Almaty. I spend a long night at the airport in anticipation of a connecting flight

Mountains  :happydance:
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141015_084842_zpse9bd5886.jpg)
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141015_091517_zpsb7e4baf9.jpg)

and Kolpino
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m590/meehalych/20141015_122654_zpscf1c8d90.jpg)
Title: Re: Kazakhstan: meet the Asia
Post by: The Gonz on October 15, 2014, 14:22:27
I see scatological airlines there. :lol:
Title: Re: Kazakhstan: meet the Asia
Post by: meehalych on October 15, 2014, 14:29:09
I see scatological airlines there. :lol:
:mrgreen:
Title: Re: Kazakhstan: meet the Asia
Post by: Shambles on October 15, 2014, 16:50:53
Excellent photos :goodjob:
Title: Re: Kazakhstan: meet the Asia
Post by: Phil №❶ on October 15, 2014, 22:56:58
SCAT airlines. I'd love to see that arrive at our terminals in Oz.

Nice to see blue skies Misha, quite pretty, too bad about the cops.
Title: Re: Kazakhstan: meet the Asia
Post by: Snookes on October 16, 2014, 00:17:45
They're great photos Meehalych. Thank you for posting them.
Title: Re: Kazakhstan: meet the Asia
Post by: Dazzler on October 16, 2014, 11:15:39
 :Agoodpost: :ta: Misha
Title: Re: Kazakhstan: meet the Asia
Post by: Lakes on October 26, 2014, 21:37:36
Thanks Misha,
When you mentioned the cop & the pic. Reminded me when I was on Mexican Texas boarder crossing the Reogrand. I wanted to take a pic of my friends & the boarder Gards but they told me that was against security.
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