Scenes from Almaty, Kazakhstan

I traveled to Almaty, Kazakhstan for work in April and August of 2002. The following are a collection of photos from both trips.

mountains, tv tower at dawn

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

mountains continued

mountains on to the hazy steppe

all the trees were painted white like this

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

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

the regent hotel in almaty... known as the the ankara of almaty — the regent hotel in almaty… known as the “the ankara of almaty”

close up of the regent ankara hotel almaty

Note: These photos originally appeared in my photo galleries.