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The Modern-looking part of Almaty
Almaty, Kazakhstan - A Weekend in KA3AKCTAH!
April 9th 2011 Kazakhstan, the ninth-biggest country in the world, was the first stop on my third solo adventure. Nothing like the nation depicted by the fictional character Borat, KA3AKCTAH was an oil-rich central Asian republic doing very well for itself. Skyscrapers were shooting up all over Almaty and Westerners on the scent of a dollar to be made were arriving in droves.
My trip to Kazakhstan, Uzbekist
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Native Kazakhs, a mix of Turkic and Mongol nomadic tribes who migrated into the region in the 13th century, were rarely united as a single nation. The area was conquered by Russia in the 18th century and Kazakhstan became a Soviet Republic in 1936. D... ... read more COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom
