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An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘yurt’

  • Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too

    Speaking of housing in Central Asia, I guess Occupy Toronto has been living in $20,000 yurts Before you laugh, yurts are insanely warm and comfortable, even the normal, handmade kind that only cost a few thousand. That’s the hipster/slum fashion side. Apparently, though yurts are also mingling with the upper crust, the occupyees, the 1%, […]

  • Help Putting Up a Yurt

    Help Putting Up a Yurt

    Got a comment on my post How to Put Up a Yurt from a woman who has a traditional yurt but doesn’t know what to do next. Anyone feel they can either describe the process well or knows a good source for yurt erecting instructions?

  • My Yurt or Yours?

    My Yurt or Yours?

    A new flirtatious T-shirt from KZBlog. It reads “My Yurt or Yours” in Russian with a yurt badge-style emblem. Perfect Christmas gift and a definite conversation starter in Almaty or Albequerque.