See, no sand.
Someone commented that it reminded them of Denver. It did, to a degree. For one thing, there were large mountains and a cooler climate. (Cooler, in Kazakhstan than the Midwest! Blew my mind...)
But, on the other end, traffic looked like this...
This was one of the nicer pictures. If it's hard to see, we are driving into oncoming traffic to try and turn.
Another thing that surprised me, was this - a pop up bar, in English, in Kazakhstan. Although, it does have a retro vibe.
This is more like what I expected to see.
A colorful church in the middle of a park that I was walking through. More like what I was expecting, but still no sand.
Also, this was a shock. The Holiday Inn was one of the nicest hotels in Almaty.
They had room service. They delivered complimentary fruit and nuts and drinks to the room every night. Customized slippers. If only they would have stopped trying to serve me horsemeat...
