March 2014

The Saigon Opera House looked really nice when I took this photo. Posted from WordPress for Android

I bought about 10 boxes of Claritin in Saigon when I was there. Much cheaper there. Roughly $3.80 USD/box of 10. In Almaty it is costs about $7.20/box. I know I can get…

While the bus was taking us to the terminal from the plane, these two planes went past us rather quickly. I had to "race" to get these photos. Air Astana racing by. Air…

Over a month and a half ago this was the temperature in Almaty, Kazakhstan: Almaty Weather - March , 2014 Today Saigon got this hot: Saigon Weather - March, 2014 Yes, I…

I love Saigon. It is about 35 C and now I am sitting on the street drinking a cafe sua da. It will be hard to return to Kazakhstan. :-) Posted from WordPress for Android

Today I finally visited The Daun restaurant. It is a halal restaurant catering to Muslim tourists visiting Saigon. Most of the customers are Malaysian tour groups so the…

Got an update since my last post about internet providers here in Almaty. I have learned quite a bit. For starters, UNLIMITED is not unlimited with any internet provider…

My former Karatau student took me into the mountains today right at sunset. It was amazing how beautiful the Alatau Mountains are. One reason a person would choose to…

I visited the museum a couple weeks ago with my students. One part of the museum was devoted to ancient Kazakh history. Below is the Golden Man, considered as the symbol…

I have been a bit silent on this blog for over a month. I had a bit of technical issues with my blog after I added it to a CDN. Today I finally removed my blog from the…

The days are getting longer now which means I will get to see the mountains when I wake up due school again. Still waiting for the snow to melt. Posted from WordPress…

Just took this photo at my school. Knocking down ice cycles Ice cycles do kill in Kazakhstan. There are always warnings issued when it starts to thaw out. I always see…