This section contains all the content about Kazakhstan. The most recent content is on top of the list. |
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'Cruising' the Caspian Sea |
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| One of the most memorable boat trips in the world is undoubtedly the crossing of the Caspian Sea between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The boat crossing was once popular. <more> | |||||||
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By train through Kazakhstan |
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| Kazakhstan is huge; very huge. Here a few figures to emphasize the size of this country for the sake of clarity. Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world. <more> | |||||||
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Back to Aralsk and its sea |
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| After almost twenty years we return to Aralsk, the town on the Kazakh steppe that is most associated with the Aral Sea; once the fourth largest lake in the world. <more> | |||||||
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Eating out in Kazakhstan |
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| Ten dishes are listed on the menu of the restaurant where we eat tonight. While the waitress watches us closely, we try to decipher the Cyrillic script. <more> | |||||||
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Aralsk – an ecological disaster |
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| Often you read stories about ecological disasters caused by mankind, most of the time as result of maximizing economic growth. One of the disasters has happened in the former Soviet Union. <more> | |||||||
