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Tulkabas or bust! – Almaty to Tulkabas, Southern Kazakhstan

Tim Healing and his friends depart on a 12-hour train ride across Kazakhstan.

In Kazakhstan, the Gypsy Cab is King – Kazakhstan, Central Asia

Tim Healing addresses the four most popular questions foreigners are asked in Kazakhstan.

Santa’s Camels Are on the Loose – Kazakhstan

In Kazakhstan, Santa shows up on a camel. Now, if Donna Scaramastra Gorman can only convince her son to sit on the lap of a bearded stranger.

Slowly Across the Steppe – Kazakhstan

You could save time by flying or money by taking a bus, to get around, or out of Kazakhstan, but where is the adventure and romance in that?

The Altai Mountains? Where the h#** is that? – Ust-Kamenogorsk, East Kazakhstan

At 3 a.m. at an airport in Kazakhstan, a 16-year-old girl and her chocolate chip cookies break the ice.

Hot Sweat and Tears – Life in a Central Asian Banya – Kazakhstan

Hot, naked and sweating, Tim Healing decides that banyas are an excellent asset to Central Asia.

Aksu Jabagly and the Hidden Valley – Aksu Jabagly National Park, Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan Travel Facts

The Basics
Country: Kazakhstan

Where is it?: Kazakhstan is in central Asia, northwest of China.

Why do people go here?: I f you want to see how the then Soviet Union failed with its community experiment, then Kazakhstan is the place to see. Don’t expect much – expect nothing!

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