Comments on: Almaty Kazakhstan: How to see the Best of the City in 48 Hours

By: Laurel

Laurel — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 18:56:06 +0000

In reply to Divyanshu. @Divyanshu - Glad it was useful. Enjoy your visit!

By: Divyanshu

Divyanshu — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 15:05:30 +0000

Nice read & good information , planning to visit for 5 days in Oct month !!

By: Laurel

Laurel — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:24:49 +0000

In reply to kami. @Kami - So glad to hear it! Thanks for the tip!

By: kami

kami — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:25:11 +0000

I was in Almaty in November and loved it so much! Actually I’ve stayed there much longer than I planned because it was just so good. Just a little tip – November is not the best time to visit, I couldn’t go to Big Almaty Lake, Charyn Canyon or couple of other places as there was no way to get there :/ At least I could really get to know the city and now I have a reason to go back!

By: Laurel

Laurel — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 11:08:56 +0000

In reply to Dosbol.

@Dosbol – Thank you for your recommendations. I’d love to come back to Kazakhstan and see more. Also thank you for letting me know about my error with “Kazk”, I will get that changed right away. I’ll admit that I didn’t know about Kazakhstan either before my visit, but really enjoyed my time there.

By: Dosbol

Dosbol — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 08:44:38 +0000

You should’ve visited the capital city Astana as well. Yes, it doesn’t have such a rich cultural background as Almaty and there are no mountains, but it’s a new city with interesting architecture, also it’d be cool for you to visit Chairyn Canyons in Southern Kazakhstan – it’s no worse than the Grand Canyon in Nevada, trust me, I’ve been to the GC. And, please, don’t call us Kazak, we are Kazakh with an “h” at the end and you pronounce “kh” as “h” in the word “how” or “hunter” . Kazak is a tribe in Russia that has absolutely no connection with my country. No offence, just making it clear) But as a whole it’s a nice and warming (may be only for me) idea to write something about Kazakhstan, because people really don’t know and don’t really want to know about it and beforehand have prejudiced and stereotyped thoughts about my country just because of that “stan” part. I’ve lived in the US for about 3 years, more precisely in LA, California, and people over there after hearing “I’m from Kazakhstan” start asking questions like “Is it really like in “Borat”?” which is kinda…silly) Therefore, it’s great that someone at least tries to enlighten and inform other people. Thank you for your work, Laurel. Come visit Astana, I’ll be glad to guide you!