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An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

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  • Proof that Apples Do Come from Kazakhstan

    Proof that Apples Do Come from Kazakhstan

    Oxford University has just published research demonstrating that apples really did originate in Kazakhstan, by tracing genes in apples. The Story of the Apple, by Dr Barrie Juniper describes his research. He also notes that sadly due to Soviet policies and a focus on the oil economy, the apple forests of Kazakhstan are all but [...]

    8/25/09 • (0)

  • More Shameless Self-Promotion

    More Shameless Self-Promotion

    Due to popular request, I redesigned Dombro Hero. People who had bought the T-shirt asked the design to be moved up higher and the wording to be bigger. Once I did that, I thought it looked better a little more square, so I rotated the dombro and moved it to the other side. The Original [...]

    7/10/09 • (0)

  • Roof going on.

    How To Put Up a Yurt

    Finally got around to digging up some old photos I took several Nauryzes ago (several years ago on Nauryz). It was my first year in Kazakhstan and I went to Duman to watch them put up the yurts, having never seen this before. Watching, I got the idea to do a little photo instructable on [...]

    7/01/09 • (7)

  • Astana Day Schedule

    Finally tracked down the Schedule of Events for Astana Day in English. My biggest disappointment is that it looks like they have replaced the Kazakh horse sports with a show jumping competition. Seriously, I wait all year to go to the Hippodrome and see the kokpar, the races and of course the kyz kui and [...]

    7/01/09 • (0)

  • Pics of Astana

    Pics of Astana

    Some more photos of Astana on my redbubble. So far my best seller is Dombra Hero but I’m proud of a lot of my pics. So check them out and if you like them, buy a print. The quality is really good and yes, they do deliver to Kazakshtan (as well as anywhere else in [...]

    6/25/09 • (0)

  • Manty in Ohio

    From the human interest department here at KZBlog: A Kazakhstani woman and a Ukrainian in Euclid, Ohio have opened a Central Asia/former-Soviet/American restuarant called Kebab House. The menu includes American-style shish kebab with meat and vegetables as well as the experimental “best kebab” is grilled chicken, spicy carrots, French fries, lettuce, tomato, pickles and cheese [...]

    5/31/09 • (0)

  • Oral History

    A great website Central Asia History, which consists of oral interviews with people from Kyrgyzstan, particularly focusing on older people and the early years of the Soviet Union, World War I, the settlement of nomadic people, World War II/the Great Patriotic War, and life now. It’s extremely interesting to read and I’d love to see [...]

    5/19/09 • (0)

  • How To Ukraine

    Not strictly related to Kazakhstan, but this is kind of a cool blog with extremely practical advice about getting around Ukraine: Urk:)landia. Includes information on getting a visa, how to pay your cell phone balance, registering with the authorities and most posts include lots of pictures to make it clear. Maybe I should start something [...]

    5/14/09 • (0)

  • A Kyrgyz/Austrian/Russian blog

    Toktali is a blog written by a Kyrgyzstani who is currently living in Austria. It’s an interesting and nice looking blog with most posts in both German and English. It also has a post on one of the stories I neglected to post on here: Tourists Buy Nuclear Waste as a Souvenir! As Toktali writes: [...]

    5/14/09 • (0)

  • Kazakh Video Blog

    Just catching up now with some emails people have sent me. Jason in KZ, an American living in Almaty, contacted me months ago to tell me that he has moved to video blogging. Check out his YouTube channel, Luck21842 for hot Asians and the Victory Day celebrations among other things! Here’s the latest video, taken [...]

    5/14/09 • (0)