Are you looking for the best things to do in Shymkent, Kazakhstan? This guide will give you details for what to do in Shymkent! During my time living in Kazakhstan last year, I made it my mission to go to Shymkent to see what the third largest Kazakh city and Silk Road hub had going […]
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Are you looking for the best coffee in Almaty? This guide has some of the best Almaty cafes to put on your itinerary! When I traveled to Almaty back in the day on my 2013-2014 trip, good coffee was limited. It was nearly non-existent. What I have learned about the Kazakh culture capital is that […]
Have you ever passed through a place on your travels and left not really knowing too much more about the city than you did prior to visiting? As most travelers do a little research prior to taking off somewhere, I’m guilty of not making such efforts. I may research the first location a little, but […]
When I traveled to Kazakhstan nearly three years ago, I never really left the cities. I went to Kostanay, Astana, Karaganda, and Almaty. I was here at the end of December and throughout a great portion of January and I just wasn’t keen on exploring nature in the frigid temperatures I was welcomed with. […]
I arrived back in Almaty, Kazakhstan in early May for two months with the mindset that I was going to work, work, work and travel around Central Asia very little.. The trip I had planned with a friend for journalists and photographers out to the western part of Kazakhstan had fallen through at the hands […]
I am not really someone who traditionally has been loyal to certain airlines. I frequently flew with American Airlines in the US because I had a lot of points with them and could cash in for free flights on a regular basis. However, once I moved to Europe… I was in a territory where discount […]