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Interesting times here in Almaty. Aidar and I took Sven’s arrival as a good opportunity to catch up with a proper sightseeing tour. We first took the bus up to Medeu, walked up around 800 steps to the dam and enjoyed some fresh air up there. We also had a look at Respublika Alangy, a wide boulevard lined by the former White House, the City Parliament, and a nice freedom statue – making the grand city walk complete. I can’t wait for my shashlik.
Almaty is a city minted by materialism, the dollar is ideology, big cars and swank new and fenced off buildings its incarnation. In contrast to that, attending a mass in the Zenkov-Cathedral in Panfilov Park makes you feel being in a very special and spiritual place.
Tomorrow is our last day in Kazakhstan – we’ll take an overnight bus to the Uzbek border. It will be a helluva ride, taking some 18 hours. So, we should be in Tashkent by early Wednesday evening. I’ll try to post some pictures by then.
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Intriguing… What exactly is size and influence of the Roman Catholic (and generally Christian–Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, etc.) presence in KZ?
Comment by Schwartz 09.12.05 @ 6:48 amYeahh, Almaty is very nice city 
Only two months and i’ll be there
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