Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan 2008

  Astana   Karaganda   Almaty   Kazakh Food & Drink

Astana

The "Cigarette Lighter" Officially "Transport Tower".

Baiterek Tower

Presidential Palace + Guardian Daleks With Pyramid beyond. From Baiterek Tower.

Nazarbayev's Golden Handprint Atop the Baiterek Tower.

"Palace Of Peace and Concord" + Independence Column

Pyramid interior, Apex

"Palace Of Peace and Concord" With Eurasian Film Festival banner.

Neo-Stalinist Towers

Kazakh Steppes Between Astana & Korgalzhyn

More Kazakh Steppes

Astana Circus

Ishim River Under-construction bridge near my hotel.

Khan Kenesary A 19th c. Kazakh Khan.

Mysterious Statue

Karaganda

Landscape near Karaganda

"Things That fell to Earth" Karaganda Ecological Museum

Lenin in Karaganda

Johnnie Walker Pub, Karaganda

Near Dolinka

Karaganda to Almaty

Almaty

Zenkov Cathedral

Zenkov Cathedral interior

Soviet WWII Memorial Soliders form shape of the USSR

Almaty Apple

Tien Shan Mountains

Bronze Frieze, Republic Square Commemorates heroic demonstration ~1990.

Nazarbayev's Handprint (again) At Republic Square.

Golden Man, Republic Square

Kazakh Food & Drink

Apple in Alma-ata

Kumis

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