Tag Archives: Nursultan Nazarbayev

Disaster by design: the death and partial rebirth of the Aral Sea (Part 3).

Posted on October 6, 2017 by

I’d expected the whistling undertaker from For a Fistful of Dollars to be appearing at every corner I turned. I was to experience this feeling again, in Central Asia, but Aralsk looked – even smelt, if that was ever possible – … Continue reading →

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A tent, a poplar tree and the Dubai of the steppe.

Posted on December 17, 2016 by

An ever-helpful airshow runs on a loop on my seat’s in-flight entertainment system as we fly high above the steppe towards Astana. A tiny Air Astana airplane flies above a map of the world painted in greens, blues and tans, … Continue reading →

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“In Search of Kazakhstan”, by Christopher Robbins, Profile Books

Posted on March 17, 2015 by

I might not be a shopper faithful to the brands, but when it comes to books I’m quite a man of habit in the sense that I have a tendency to stick with an author that I know and respect and … Continue reading →

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