Kazakhstan

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 […]

A visit to the Park of the First President,  Almaty. Wales? Where Wales?….. oh, GARETH BALE Taxi Driver It’s a scenario many Wales Away travellers will […]

Drinking mead in Russian pubs, and other boozy tales. *Answer: it was milk. See yesterday’s blog for question. Yesterday we were up early raring to go. […]

Celebrating Becks’ seventieth birthday by not seeing him at all. Here’s some travel info you won’t find in any other guide book. The days in […]

Walking tour of Almaty to try to get our bearings. *Quite a long read. Get yourself a coffee. Having had an early-ish night, we were […]

Waking up and getting bearings in new city. Or maybe not. I’m not sure what time I woke up. My phone is on flight mode […]

First day of our trip to Kazakhstan – travelling Aren’t you worried about being kidnapped by the Taliban? Elderly Relative It’s an amusing question. She’s obviously […]