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Visitors, Straddling New White Lines, Posters and Yurts
» by ChrisM June 29th, 2009 at 5:50 pm » Comments (0)
You can definitely tell that there are foreign visitors about to arrive in Astana (there is the "III (I'm assuming that means 3rd?) Congress of leaders of world and traditional ...more »Slow And Steady Wins The Race
» by ChrisM June 19th, 2009 at 11:59 pm » Comments (2)
We used a taxi driver today who had been helpful, courteous and driven well in the past. Although the car he drives is something like an old banger of a ...more »Air, Teeth, Mud, Concrete and Burgers
» by ChrisM June 18th, 2009 at 8:56 pm » Comments (2)
This evening, so Anna could have some fresh air (and a snooze, as she had been cranky all day - teething?) we walked over to Mega (see previous tweet with ...more »Made Me Mad
» by ChrisM May 27th, 2009 at 1:49 am » Comments (2)
Walking back from our flat a couple of days ago, I saw a baby being carried by his/her mother in a car. This, sadly, isn't too unusual in Kazakhstan, and ...more »White Lines
» by ChrisM May 23rd, 2008 at 11:19 am » Comments (0)
No, not a reference to the seminal track by Melle Mel and The Furious Five (not Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel, as often quoted - this was a marketing ploy ...more »Train Horn In A Car?
» by ChrisM May 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 am » Comments (2)
I have seen these for sale before, as well as MP3s of the isolated sound of the horn, but this video shows what happens when you put said train horns ...more »It Could Be Worse
» by ChrisM May 1st, 2008 at 1:31 pm » Comments (2)
The next time I complain about Kazakh drivers not stopping for you on zebra crossings, or the way cars are driven when a pedestrian is on the road for some ...more »This Week’s Annoyances
» by ChrisM November 20th, 2007 at 12:59 am » Comments (3)
1) Cars that drive round at night without any lights on. WTF? Police will stop cars for executing a U-turn when the road is safe and clear in both directions, ...more »Up Late
» by ChrisM November 15th, 2007 at 5:32 am » Comments (1)
My lessons for the rest of this week were cancelled on Wednesday, as the student is busy organizing his relocation to Moscow. This means less money coming in, so I ...more »What I Will Miss…
» by ChrisM September 13th, 2007 at 9:26 am » Comments (2)
Although I'm obviously hyped up over going back to Amsterdam and Britain next Friday, my mind can not help dwelling on just how much I am going to miss some ...more »Kazakhstan Shows Solidarity With British (Weather)
» by ChrisM July 13th, 2007 at 10:08 pm » Comments (0)
The past couple of weeks have seen temperatures around 30-35 degrees, occasionally reaching for 40. I just spoke to Dad who said Britain has had pretty miserable weather, or Evesham ...more »Life Continuing Probability Rises!
» by ChrisM May 26th, 2007 at 12:30 am » Comments (2)
Long term readers of this blog will remember from previous posts on driving in Kazakhstan that crossing the road, especially in front of our flat is a scary experience. Well today ...more »Dust Storm
» by ChrisM May 4th, 2007 at 1:37 am » Comments (4)
Wednesday turned out to be quite windy. One minor, short term effect was that a lot of dust from the surrounding desert around Astana was blown into the city. As a comparison, ...more »Jeremy Clarkson’s Motorworld
» by ChrisM May 1st, 2007 at 4:27 pm » Comments (0)
Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld - Jeremy Clarkson Despite not having seen the original TV series that this book is based upon, I do tend to like Jeremy's style of presenting and writing. ...more »Road Safety Procession
» by ChrisM April 27th, 2007 at 4:51 pm » Comments (2)
At least I'm assuming that is what the police car, 5 car transporters and a mini-bus PA system was about. The cars were all pretty badly mashed up, and I am ...more »Kazakhstan – You Drinking – Other People Driving
» by ChrisM April 23rd, 2007 at 7:14 pm » Comments (0)
As I mentioned a couple of posts earlier, I found some friends hadn't seen my original posts on life in Kazakhstan, so after tidying them up a bit for use ...more »Had A Good Meal
» by ChrisM 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 »Finally Properly Snowing
» by ChrisM November 20th, 2006 at 2:16 am » Comments (1)
The snow is now settling, and the temperature has dropped. Not sure if we'll yet meet the prediction I passed on earlier last month, but at least it now looks like ...more »Road Rage Strikes
» by ChrisM November 19th, 2006 at 12:02 am » Comments (0)
As we were getting ready this morning to go to the in-laws (continuation of Babushka's birthday & arrival of Aunt,nieces etc.), I heard a loud sound outside. Still don't know ...more »Another Car Crash Outside Our Flat
» by ChrisM November 13th, 2006 at 3:44 am » Comments (1)
It happened a few hours ago now. I heard a squeal of tyres and a loud bang. Looked out the window, and it looks like someone's nice new powerful car ...more »RSS Feed
