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  Asian Games Torch

  KazInform has a little map up of when the torch will be where. It arrives in Almaty today and will be sent all around Kazakhstan before arriving in Astana on the 30th of January for the opening ceremonies. The map is in Russian, but it shows the cities of Kazakhstan and the date next to [...]

  1/12/11 • (0)

• Wikitravel

  In yet another effort to learn more about things to do in Astana, I’ve been editing the Astana on Wikitravel. Would be great to see more people join in and give out some information that only locals know.

  8/07/10 • (0)

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  Where the Flamingos Roam

  I’ve had this draft post for a while and never managed to find time to fill it out. This is another great place to not too far from Astana: Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve. It’s a few hours west of Astana out the Kurgalzhino Highway. Getting there is a bit difficult because you have to go to [...]

  8/05/10 • (2)

• ALZHIR, the Soviets and Democracy

  I put up a post on ALZHIR, a museum at the site of a labor camp for women near Astana. I definitely would put it on my list of things for people to do around Astana. I did notice two posts about ALZHIR from Kazakh Nomad after her trip on the 4th of July: Why [...]

  7/30/10 • (0)

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  We Think We Know Around How Much the Beach Might Cost

  I am amused that one the top stories on Zakon.kz is about the prices of the beaches at Khan Shatyr. Even though the young woman guarding the beach last week told us how much it would cost to go there, it turns out that the decision hasn’t yet been made and is going to take [...]

  7/23/10 • (2)

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  Khan Shatyr

  Finally made it to Khan Shatyr, which opened two weeks during the Astana Day festivities. Overall, I was disappointed that it is mainly another shopping mall. We have so many shopping malls now in Astana, and all of them are right next to each other. I really don’t see the point of having Norman Foster [...]

  7/15/10 • (3)

• Everthenomad.com

  I thought it was appropriate that I was asked to do a guest post on a blog called Everthenomad. Anja, who runs the blog asked me to write about some of my favorite places to go. I thought it would be fun to write about some of the lesser known attractions rather than just discussing [...]

  5/09/10 • (3)

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  RVS is Boring

  According to Adil Nurmankov, the retro style restaurant that featured nostalgic Soviet chic, RVS, is now just a restaurant [RUS]. Once a magnet for tourists featuring Lenin’s portrait on the walls and quotes from Soviet documents, apparently now: in the halls, they have the same tables, but without the revolutionary menu. However, they do have [...]

  4/29/10 • (5)

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  Shopping in Astana

  So I get a lot of emails from people planning to move here, or doing weird things like doing a role playing game, who want very specific information on living here. As a PSA, I try to tackle the most frequent questions here every now and again. The topic today is doing the shopping and [...]

  4/06/10 • (19)

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  Ice Village

  One of the things I am looking forward to for New Years is the Ice Town. Although I hear that they do this in Scandinavian countries, I have never seen it anywhere but Astana so I like to think of it as a unique attraction in Kazakhstan. They’ve probably already started digging ice up out [...]

  12/18/09 • (1)

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