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• Traditional Kazakhstani Clothes

  Peace Corps Volunteers Susan and Paul have an amusing photo essay up on women’s dress in Pavlodar. Obviously there’s some selection but common themes include tight pants, short skirts and high heels. No boring, conservative industrial pumps for Pavlodar women. Also considering that one of the most common cultural differences Westerners often note in Kazakhstan [...]

  5/28/11 • (0)

• Throw the Kitchen Sink at Kazakhstan

  Just a funny quote from the head of Sri Lanka’s Rugby Selection Committee on an upcoming game with Kazakhstan Asked of the enormity of the task at hand against Kazakhstan at Almaty, Jayasekera said that Sri Lanka would only stand a chance if they were to effectively address the shortcomings displayed against HK. The former [...]

  5/23/11 • (0)

• Billiards is Not Pool

  I finally got coerced into playing billiards the other day. I’ve tried to avoid it after hearing how hard it is and because the whole thing is too confusing. I had always thought billiards was the game with only two or three balls. But it turns out that’s British billiards; Russian billiards is a whole [...]

  5/19/11 • (0)

• Congratulations, Azerbaijan

  for winning Eurovision. A dubious honor I suppose: This is one of the few Eurovisions that actually featured a band I like, Zdob si Zdub. There’s no way a hard rock song could win, but I like bands that use horns and traditional instruments in rock genres. And I’m glad they at least got to [...]

  5/15/11 • (0)

• Snow Kazakhstan Stem Cells?

  Following some links on Kazakhstan and health, I came across a weird website on menopause that referenced ” Ginseng Liquid Ice Kazakhstan with ‘Snow Kazakhstan stem cells’” (I won’t link to the site here because I’m afraid of attracting spam but google that phrase and you’ll find it). I assume the site is Chinese because [...]

  5/07/11 • (0)

• They’re Here!

  More UFO videos filmed in Kazakhstan. The first video is so good that if it were real you’d expect the local news media to be reporting on it, which they aren’t. Also, seriously a flying saucer comes to a busy city in the middle of the day and floats around. But doesn’t land. And no [...]

  5/07/11 • (0)

• High Times in North Kazakhstan

  Apparently police in North Kazakhstan oblast seized seven bags of marijuana this weekend from a car on the Karaganda-Omsk road and put them in a warehouse in Petropavlosk. However when it came time to incinerate them, they discovered that 5 bags totaling 100kgs had been replaced by tobacco and bricks! The matter is under investigation, [...]

  4/19/11 • (0)

• Balkhash Regatta?

  Apparently so You can even download the Balkhash Regatta Anthem!

  4/18/11 • (0)

• First Orbit

  First Orbit is a documentary on Yuri Gagarin’s flight by Christopher Riley. I haven’t had a chance to watch the whole thing, but from the first bit it looks really good. It includes family photos of Gagarin and audio of his flight as well as modern space imagery. It is an hour and a half [...]

  4/12/11 • (0)

• Kazakhstan Students Support Japan

  A nice song done by

  4/10/11 • (0)

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