KZBlog

An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘Caspian Sea’

  • Wind Energy

    I am pleased to read that Kazakhstan is considering developing more wind energy. At the moment, Kazakhstan has no wind farms, something that those of living out on the steppes are surprised to hear. The wind never stops in Astana so wind farms seem a logical choice. Apparently for the moment though, the priority is […]

  • Everthenomad.com

    I thought it was appropriate that I was asked to do a guest post on a blog called Everthenomad. Anja, who runs the blog asked me to write about some of my favorite places to go. I thought it would be fun to write about some of the lesser known attractions rather than just discussing […]

  • Welcome Alien

    Kazakhstan Hosting Alien Embassy! Not!

    Is Kazakhstan building an embassy for aliens? If they do, will there be separate sections for the greys, the reptilians, the greens and the bugs? Why would they bother since everyone knows that there is already a UFO base in the Caspian Sea?

  • Your Eyes are as Deep as the Caspian Sea

    Your Eyes are as Deep as the Caspian Sea

    As part of my aforementioned vacation, I went to Aktau in Western Kazakhstan. The main reason for this was to finally get a chance to swim in the Caspian Sea at long last. Interestingly while the Caspian has some romantic and poetic value in the West (I think of Jill Sobule’s Good Person Inside as […]