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Kazakhstan 2001
In one month we are going to Kazakhstan. Here are some pictures from 2001. Alma-Ata has very large sidewalks. That guy is sweeping it from the fallen leaves. To your left is water canal “arik”, every...
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Kazakhstan 2005
Almaty is the host to 2011 Asian Winter Games. I bet right now they are working hard on fixing all of the venues to get them ready. I took these photos back in 2005. This is an open air ice field. It...
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Any Idea where it is?
I bet no one would half any idea what mountains are those, what lake it is and near what city it was taken. The distance from the spot where I took the picture to the mountains is about 60 miles. Hint:...
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Donkey, the Parking Lot Attendant
We had good day exploring around lake Issik in the Tian Shan Mountains. When we came back from the hike we were greeted by the new parking lot attendant – a Donkey. He was very curious about us and...
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Soviet Worker
Maybe it is Russian, might even be from some other country. Doesn’t have any markings on it. Bulldozing Tian Shan mountains. Filed under: Almaty, Chimbulak, HDR, Kazakhstan Tagged: Almaty, Travel
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Alpine Flowers
Its been a while since I shared photos from Tian Shan mountains. Last summer we spend a few days in Almaty, Kazakhstan and on one of those days we went to hike at Chimbulak ski resort. Thankfully, they...
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Chimbulak Murals #1
Did you know that Almaty, Kazakhstan was a host to the Asian Winter Games this winter? I was there about six month ago and took a few pictures on the side walls, I call them Chimbulak Murals. Chimbulak...
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Alpine Summer
Today I’m taking a virtual trip back to Tian Shan mountains. I like the contrast between alpine flowers and mid summer snow. Snow was fairly dirty by this time and we didn’t play snowballs, and...
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Back in Central Asia
Mentally, not physically. I had this photo seating on my drive for some time, just never felt like posting it. We were on a little hike around Chimbulak Ski Resort near Almaty Kazakhstan. This is...
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Chimbulak Murals #2
Today I’m taking a short trip back to Kazakhstan, Almaty. Actually a bit south of it in the mountains. You might already seen the first mural from this series in Chimbulak Murals #1. I took these...
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Chimbulak murals #3 and #4
Here is two more murals from the Chimbulak Ski Resort in Almaty Kazakhstan. I shared first two in the past, here is #1 and #2. All of them are on the same mountain road that leads you from mountain...
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Friday Photo Mystery
Before the Storm I actually do not expect people to know where it is, but this is the only photo I had for sharing and since probably no one will know where it is, a good candidate for Friday. We were...
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Friday Mystery Photo
500 Today marks a small milestone on my blog – it should be post # 500 under the Around the World category. It means that there should be 500+ photos for you to explorer. I’ll have to make a toast when...
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Biker Love
My wife and daughter were looking for some Kazakh souvenirs in the department store in Almaty, while I decided to stay outside of that specific store and just hang out outside in the hall. I was bored...
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Russian Prose
5K Mistletoe This morning we are running 5K mistletoe at our local YMCA. I registered at the last minute and actually did not practice for it at all. I think I’ll be in the world of pain as I’ll more...
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Friday Mystery Photo
I’ve been thinking for the last few minutes what to write about this photo and everything comes to mind seems to be a dead give away of the place. So I’m going to update this post on Saturday or Sunday...
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Friday Mystery Photo
This week I managed to stop by the Tidal Basin and check out cherry blossoms. Weather was nice and they were in full bloom. The number of people around there was in full bloom as well, it seems like...
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