Earthlooping at the Zenkov Cathedral
5 days spent in the former Kazakh capital which could have been easily spent in any European city without noticing the change. Almaty has everything a European (or Western) big city has: shopping streets, fancy restaurants and cafés, big avenues, good cars... and expensive prices. Anyway, we have had a taste of Kazakhstan and some fun ice-skating in the highest ice-rink in the world.
We arrived in Almaty after a 5-hour marshrutka ride from Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan). The trip was quite pleasant as the road was good and the border crossing presented no problems at all.
When you get into Kazakhstan you don't notice many changes from Kyrgyzstan in terms of landscape, probably a bit less mountanious, but that's all. but you do notice when you get to Almaty. The city is huge, modern, with tall and new buildings, good cars on the streets... it feels like you are back in Europe instead of deeper into Central Asia.
When you get into Kazakhstan you don't notice many changes from Kyrgyzstan in terms of landscape, probably a bit less mountanious, but that's all. but you do notice when you get to Almaty. The city is huge, modern, with tall and new buildings, good cars on the streets... it feels like you are back in Europe instead of deeper into Central Asia.
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