Month: September 2025

Still in Kazakhstan, squeezing in a few more sights before going home. Don’t Take Me home. Please don’t take me home.      I just don’t […]

The day after the match. Always a slow day. We are lucky that, whilst not rich in cash, we are reasonably rich in time. I […]

Match Day. Balls, buses and booze. After almost two weeks in Kazakhstan, match day has finally arrived. Despite having decided we would never again drink […]

First day in Astana. It’s a bit different to Almaty. To put it mildly. After travelling 1,234km, our train pulled into Astana bang on time. […]

Finally leaving Almaty and heading up to Astana,  where the game is. By train. Why are you going by train and not flying? ….. An […]

Finally got to see Kazakhstan beyond the big city. Did you know there are two four o’clocks in one day? Well, there are. And today […]