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Re: Kazakistan

Well, surprise, surprise. I have actually been there and I can say We felt very sfae and the people were just great. As you know K got independance in the early nineties (1991) from Russia /Soviet bloc. K has massive mineral/oil reserves and the capital Almaty is very modern ,good places to eat out and when I was there 2 years ago it was not expensive. They liked US $ in those days.Very safe,IMHO.The Staan States are very historic and basically were on the 'silk-route' so trading was very well established.

As far as sightseeing goes , Drive out to The Steppes (I recall it was how spelt) massive empty countryside with herds of horses -a lot of the meat eaten there, is horse. But they have beef as well but not as much as horse.This massive area of land contains rock carvings going back '000s of years. I suggest goto the museum in Almaty and bone up on the history before you venture too far out of the city. Get someone local to take you out there and negotiate a deal - by the day. Dont pre-pay 100%, I suggest
As far as planes are concerned we went from Dubai - dep London- . The flights are very good and we travelled to other 'Staan' States on internal airlines.No probs.

Hope this helps
SH ( sorry I am a newbie to this forum but I hope to have allayed any fears you have.)

<blockquote data-quote="Simon Hastings" data-source="post: 556962" data-attributes="member: 25453">Re: KazakistanWell, surprise, surprise. I have actually been there and I can say We felt very sfae and the people were just great. As you know K got independance in the early nineties (1991) from Russia /Soviet bloc. K has massive mineral/oil reserves and the capital Almaty is very modern ,good places to eat out and when I was there 2 years ago it was not expensive. They liked US $ in those days.Very safe,IMHO.The Staan States are very historic and basically were on the &#039;silk-route&#039; so trading was very well established.As far as sightseeing goes , Drive out to The Steppes (I recall it was how spelt) massive empty countryside with herds of horses -a lot of the meat eaten there, is horse. But they have beef as well but not as much as horse.This massive area of land contains rock carvings going back &#039;000s of years. I suggest goto the museum in Almaty and bone up on the history before you venture too far out of the city. Get someone local to take you out there and negotiate a deal - by the day. Dont pre-pay 100%, I suggestAs far as planes are concerned we went from Dubai - dep London- . The flights are very good and we travelled to other &#039;Staan&#039; States on internal airlines.No probs.Hope this helpsSH ( sorry I am a newbie to this forum but I hope to have allayed any fears you have.)<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Simon Hastings, post: 556962, member: 25453"] [b]Re: Kazakistan[/b] Well, surprise, surprise. I have actually been there and I can say We felt very sfae and the people were just great. As you know K got independance in the early nineties (1991) from Russia /Soviet bloc. K has massive mineral/oil reserves and the capital Almaty is very modern ,good places to eat out and when I was there 2 years ago it was not expensive. They liked US $ in those days.Very safe,IMHO.The Staan States are very historic and basically were on the 'silk-route' so trading was very well established. As far as sightseeing goes , Drive out to The Steppes (I recall it was how spelt) massive empty countryside with herds of horses -a lot of the meat eaten there, is horse. But they have beef as well but not as much as horse.This massive area of land contains rock carvings going back '000s of years. I suggest goto the museum in Almaty and bone up on the history before you venture too far out of the city. Get someone local to take you out there and negotiate a deal - by the day. Dont pre-pay 100%, I suggest As far as planes are concerned we went from Dubai - dep London- . The flights are very good and we travelled to other 'Staan' States on internal airlines.No probs. Hope this helps SH ( sorry I am a newbie to this forum but I hope to have allayed any fears you have.):):) [/QUOTE]

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