This was my first Kazakh host family during my Peace Corps training in Kapchagai, Kazakhstan. Unfortunately I only spent a couple months with them so I forgot who they were after I left. We lost touch in 1999 when I left Kazakhstan. Related posts: Kapchagai, Kazakhstan (1997)
Here is a photo from memory lane. I am with my Kazakh host sister in Kapchagai, Kazakhstan, during my Peace Corps Pre-Service Training. Amazing, look how skinny I was at that time. 🙂 Related posts: My First Kazakh Host Family – Peace Corps Kazakhstan
This was my first winter in Karatau, Kazakhstan. It was quite cold, we got a lot of snow. Still, it was so beautiful. I miss the Kazakh winters. Related posts: Riskul A Cold Christmas (1997) Karatau Mosque – 1997 Welcome to Karatau My Classroom – Karatau Lyceum
I took a picture of this sign in 1997. It was first uploaded unto one of my old websites in 2000. Now, if there is any site or social network page focusing on Karatau, you will most likely see this image. Most people just do not realize that I took the photo. I still got […]
When I lived in Karatau, Kazakhstan, as a Peace Corps Volunteer, there were two mosques in the town. With Saudi funding, the townspeople started to build a new mosque to replace the smaller older one. Unfortunately, roughly a year before I came to Karatau, money ran out for the project. It was never completed. In […]
Winter, 1997, in Karatau, Kazakhstan, was the coldest I ever experienced in my life. I was at my Peace Corps site for just a little over two months when winter struck with a fury. Even the local Kazakhs and Russians were surprised at the harsh winter. It got down to -40 C which was not […]