the tien shan mountains, south of almaty

almaty housing

mountains, tv tower at dawn

more interesting housing

pseudo-shanties

example of what all the signs/writing looked like

view out of the USAID mission, towards the mountains

close up of mountains from the mission

first picture from my august trip, as you can see, no more snow...

mountains continued

mountains on to the hazy steppe

some buildings near the hotel, once part of their legislature when almaty was the capital

close up of the regent ankara hotel almaty

the regent hotel in almaty... known as the "the ankara of almaty"

another view of the mountains

monument topped by the golden man, a character from kazakh mythology

all the trees were painted white like this

mountains

mountains