I visited the museum a couple weeks ago with my students. One part of the museum was devoted to ancient Kazakh history. Below is the Golden Man, considered as the symbol of Kazakhstan. The next picture is of a house during the same period. The next exhibit was interesting. It was a Kazakh tomb in which it seems the husband was buried with his wife and horses. … [Read more...] about A bit of Kazakh history
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An update from Almaty
I have been a bit silent on this blog for over a month. I had a bit of technical issues with my blog after I added it to a CDN. Today I finally removed my blog from the CDN and let it run as is so I could blog more often again. Winter is coming to an end here in Almaty. We are expected to have one more snow fall tonight and through tomorrow and then there will be a … [Read more...] about An update from Almaty
Early sunrises
The days are getting longer now which means I will get to see the mountains when I wake up due school again. Still waiting for the snow to melt. Posted from WordPress for Android … [Read more...] about Early sunrises
Dangers of ice cycles
Just took this photo at my school. Ice cycles do kill in Kazakhstan. There are always warnings issued when it starts to thaw out. I always see this maintenance man knocking down ice cycles with this pole. I am not sure how he gets the higher ones. Posted from WordPress for Android … [Read more...] about Dangers of ice cycles
Another mountain sunrise
Why I love this view from my apartment. Posted from WordPress for Android … [Read more...] about Another mountain sunrise