Yes, really! KAZAKHSTAN

Written by Robyn on February 10, 2014, but neglected to post until now. Yes, we're still in Kazakhstan. But we have changed apartments...

Posted by Robyn . I had no idea. Sure, I've heard of International Women's Day. and thought it was a Soviet relic of a holiday.....

Posted by Robyn Only 2 hours ahead of Sochi, we are getting lots of live coverage of the Winter Olympics. In Russian. and in Kazakh.  (The...

Posted by Kevin As of this morning there's a 20% off sale on your travel to Kazakhstan. Well sort of. The Kazakhstan Central Bank a...

That polar vortex blasting the US of late?  That is typical winter weather in Astana. Having said that, until the last week or so, Ast...

It's hard to know yet what the normal pace of life is here... Things seem to start later, end earlier and take longer than we're u...

The first time I arrived in Kazakhstan, I was struck by the well-dressed passengers waiting for luggage with me... designer bags, ...

Pretty much every day we run into what we affectionately call "business opportunities" to provide a good or service that could be ...

What is KCCMP?  No,  not an acronym of a former Soviet Republic, but it is the acronym for what has brought us here to Kazakhstan. I ...

That is not a typo.  Today we are in Kyrgyzstan, just a short flight from our new home in Kazakhstan. As it's worked out, Kevin and I ...

Our route to Kazakhstan involved two stops after leaving Los Angeles.  Thus, we shipped some of our excess baggage - items we'd need on ...

As the calendar approached December 25, our thoughts turned to stockings, trees and the traditions that we love at this time of year.  A wh...

Last night I loaded up our front load washing machine with clothes and detergent and started it up. Later I went to empty it but instead ...

We mentioned earlier that there are a number of notaries around, which was probably a sign of what it takes to do business in Kazakhstan.  S...

Suddenly I (Kevin) find myself needing to speak and understand Russian. It's no small thing as I've read (and my experience confirm...

Some of you have asked for our mailing address to share some Christmas greetings, which has led us to try and find our mailing address...wh...

We are enjoying a four-day weekend to celebrate Kazakhstan's independence day, December 16th. Kazakhstan has historically been popula...

Astana's icon is the "Baiterek," or the "tree of life."  Since the Baiterek looms over our apartment and my office,...

We've been here just a few days, but the weather has changed multiple times every day. The night we arrived we had to walk thro...