AustinGirl, someone who I recently started following on Twitter tweeted that “Not allowed to look at newborn babies for 40 days nor look at baby camels. Brings ill health. Bad luck.” (This followed on from an earlier tweet “Kazakh women don’t drink anything cold for fear their eggs will freeze. And, not allowed to look at baby camels.” I’m not entirely sure how looking at the new offspring of cattle supplies your future baby with bad vibes, or whether the not looking at baby camels thing applies to all humans, but I did reply explaining that the cold drink thing isn’t believed by everyone here, sadly most doctors here do still believe that cold temperatures will lead to you getting a cold, and that whole 40 days with a newborn wasn’t specifically avoiding looking at them, just worried about their immune system. Anyway, I hope she has a great time in Atyrau, and doesn’t mind me occasionally sending her corrections or further info 🙂
Oct 11 2009
June 9th, 2010 7:14 pm
Need to know more about winter in Atyrau, if you have information about the temperature. How is Dina Market in the winter season? Where do you get the pork in Atyrau? Thanks in advance.
June 10th, 2010 3:31 pm
No idea about Dina Market, sorry. I’m based in Astana, and don’t really see much more of the country than that.
However, statistics were easy to find on the internet…
Check out http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/UATG/2009/10/10/CustomHistory.html?dayend=10&monthend=2&yearend=2010&req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA for a sample of October to February weather in Atyrau.
Or http://www.advantour.com/kazakhstan/atyrau/weather.htm if you just want some really basic averages for the weather there.
The following should give you a forecast of weather in Atyrau for the next five days, though obviously that is for this summer, not previous winters.
Again, the following link is for the next few days, but might be use to you in the future…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/1179