When a country's capital city is shifted elsewhere, it is always intriguing to know what kind of legacy is left behind in the nation's former capital city. Almaty is such a case, and to this day, this urban area still remains the country's largest, and, one presumes, its largest centre of finance, so just how well does Central Asia's most modern city measure up? The answer is, in a nutshell, incredibly well, as there are numerous visible ways in which the city of Almaty holds its own. The city's best vantage point for viewing not only the entirity of the city from up on high, but also the majesty of the surrounding mountains is a place known as Kok-Tobe, which can be reached either by cable car or by bus, if you are aware of the
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