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I'm off to Almaty, Kazakhstan, for 5 days with work. I've never been and wonder what to expect. I won't have a bike with me but apparently I can borrow one from the hotel.
Beyond Borat, would quite to read any recommendations, advice or tall tales 🙂
Never visited.
Just from google street view,it looks like the entire population each own 4 cars 😆
Other than that looks quite similar to other former Russian republics.
There’s some good walking in the Tien Shan mountains to the south and a cable car to a ski resort accessible by public transport.
A friend of mine used to frequent a Turkish spa thing. Apparently not seedy at all. I haven’t.
Watch out for the police. They are corrupt as f. They took me to the side of a park once and tried to fleece me because my visa was out of date - it wasn’t. I just played the long game!
Other than that, it’s grand. Plenty of nice restaurants and bars etc..
I couldn't help with any details, but a good friend lived there for 5 years and LOVED it. I've got the most amazing curved Kyrgyz dagger....