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Kazakhstan 2008
Kyrgyzstan
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
Kyrgyzstan