Almaty had a cool climate but nothing like China! Of course once leaving the tropics fresh produce is ridiculous to buy from China onwards- especially here! Everything is mighty expensive in Almaty but after leaving the train early 7am with Eugene, he helped me secure a great apartment looking over the Kazakh mountain range. Eugene was going onto his home in Kyrgistan so I was sad to leave him. The supermarkets are saturated with Vodka- never seen so much of it in my life, and it definitely warranted a picture- Truly breathtaking!! Literally!! I felt so blessed to have found such a nice place, and quite reasonable for cost.
Owners of the apartment also took me out for some traditional Kazakh food, which typically consists of meat, lamb and more meat! I pretty much stuck with potatoes, tomato juice and, cheese and bread.
They took me for a drive up to the Kazakh mountains and gave me a tour of the place. Almaty is both poor and rich in parts, and the neighborhood I was put in, was quite well to do, so safety was fine.
I was to wait there for a week or so to get a visa for Uzbekistan, but I enjoyed my time very much. Great to sleep on a flatbed once again!
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