August 8th, 2007 at 2:28 am » Comments (0)

My wife (Irina) has just finished working at KazMunayGaz for one year now. Although the first few weeks were actually unpaid training (sadly not too unusual here in Kazakhstan), she ...more »

August 4th, 2007 at 1:34 am » Comments (0)

This evening, Ira and I went to find a new cafe to eat at, in Astana Park. Her parents had told us about a place that did good sashliq, and ...more »

July 23rd, 2007 at 2:58 am » Comments (0)

OK, a misleading title perhaps as I first want to mention the similarities - they both serve alcohol, they both sometimes have music playing in the background, and people tend ...more »

July 23rd, 2007 at 2:52 am » Comments (0)

We (Me, Irina, Balzhan, Ildar (Balzhan's son), Dr. Natalya, Sveta (Dr. Natalya's daughter)) all went out Saturday evening to celebrate Balzhan's birthday, and also because we had not all been ...more »

July 21st, 2007 at 1:48 am » Comments (0)

Bayan went over to England, or Manchester to be more precise for a few months. She hopes to go over there to earn her Masters degree, and needed to complete ...more »

July 17th, 2007 at 11:04 pm » Comments (1)

Serves me right really, I decided to stray from the menu items I knew I liked. I decided to try a sausage (I think it may have been a Georgian ...more »

July 12th, 2007 at 1:37 am » Comments (0)

Here we have a photo on a hot day, with Alex in front of a fountain. It was definitely nice to cool off your feet in the water. We tried ...more »

July 11th, 2007 at 9:26 pm » Comments (2)

Whilst Alex was here, and during the week long celebrations for Astana being the capital city, and President Nazarbayev's birthday, we all went to an afternoon of events over at ...more »

July 10th, 2007 at 1:23 am » Comments (0)

When Oleg and Alex met up, we all went out for a meal in the evening, and tried out the outside section above two of our 'regular' restaurant. The service ...more »

July 9th, 2007 at 10:43 pm » Comments (0)

Today is Irina's last day of holiday, so we went to town and sorted a few things before she had to go back to the office routine. Not exactly a thrilling ...more »

July 7th, 2007 at 2:39 am » Comments (0)

The other night, Alex, Ira and I went out for meal in a restaurant near the river. It was a lot busier than the last couple of times we had ...more »

July 3rd, 2007 at 11:26 pm » Comments (2)

He has been away in Moscow studying for almost a year now, so it is really good to have him back around, if only for a couple of weeks. We ...more »

June 13th, 2007 at 1:48 am » Comments (0)

We recently went to a restaurant in the park near us (named, with some unique inspiration, Astana Park) with Walton and Assel. The place is based around the theme of ...more »

May 14th, 2007 at 12:31 am » Comments (0)

On Saturday night. Unfortunately Walton and Assel had a previous engagement, but Ira and I still had a good time. I ventured beyond my normal potato skins for a started, ...more »

May 6th, 2007 at 7:57 pm » Comments (0)

of English language bloggers and their partners... Ira, myself, Walton and Assel all went to the Chelsea 'English Pub' (well they have a few UK football club shirts on the wall, ...more »

April 20th, 2007 at 11:19 pm » Comments (0)

It was my 28th birthday today. We got a TV. Eventually. More details to follow. Had a great meal with Ira, in-laws & Walton. Went back to the Chelsea 'pub'. Where we ...more »

April 7th, 2007 at 12:41 am » Comments (3)

This is the video from our first (and last :< ) visit to Tom's flat. We went round with Walton and had a nice meal, and spoke with one of ...more »

February 23rd, 2007 at 4:07 am » Comments (0)

We went out on Wednesday to an Uzbek restaurant, near KMG (where Ira works). Unfortunately, Walton was ill, so couldn't make it :< Click the link below to see the pictures more »

January 23rd, 2007 at 2:25 am » Comments (1)

Check Tom's post (My Brief Life As Exotic Dancer) for some more information. I discovered two things taking a snap of the evening.... 1) My camera phone really can't handle low light ...more »

November 29th, 2006 at 6:22 am » Comments (2)

Tom #2 (the pilot) didn't turn up, hope his flight to Astana was ok... Anyway we (Myself, Tom & Walton (and Ira when she had finished at Work)) went to Cafe ...more »