Tag: Kazakhstan

After being down for over a year, I finally relaunched AmerasianWorld.com's "Salaam Central Asia". Salaam Central Asia was my first website devoted my experiences in…

One of the joys for Olympic Weightlifters now is that there are many places to lift due to the popularity of Crossfit. This was not true in the 1990s. I have now worked…

I fly Air Astana quite a bit since moving to Kazakhstan in November, 2013. Last week was my last flight on the return to Almaty from Hong Kong. I will miss Air Astana…

Residing both in Kazakhstan and Vietnam, you do get to see Russian-made air force planes. They are amazing. I have always been a fan of Russian planes. They are fun to…

Air Astana Flight 867 landing in Aktau in an Airbus A320 from Almaty. This is my first domestic flight across Kazakhstan. I flew this route over a week ago to see my…

I finally got some more pictures of the Almaty International Airport from my plane. It is not often I have the time to get any pictures from the tarmac. We can take…

A week ago my school celebrated Nauryz. My students prepared one of the best tables with food from India, Pakistan and some local Kazakh food. We also had pizza and KFC…

Apple (Alma) University is located near Mega. I wonder if they just offer courses about Apples? Posted from Samsung Galaxy Note 4

With Spring arriving soon, these construction vehicles will be heavily used. I am curious to see if they will be at this location in a month or two. Posted from Samsung…

Seems I am visiting this airport quite often now. Before it was a hard airport to travel too, in the 1990s that is. Today it is not that bad. Even immigration goes…

I woke up to a surprise snowfall morning. It is pretty but Spring is almost here. I prefer sun over snow. It is wet snow so it should melt rather quickly. Posted from…

People keep asking me which supplements I use. For starters I use only the ones in the below picture. My Sports Supplements I take glucosamine, a daily vitamin, fish oil…

Being part Japanese, curry rice is one of my stable meals wherever I live whether the US, Vietnam or here in Kazakhstan. I tend to eat this dish 4-5 times per week. How…

The last time I saw any real mud in Kazakhstan was back in early 1999, my last year with the US Peace Corps. I was walking in Karatau just after all the snow melted…

Edit 1: Italics are the trip updates Well, it is 2015. I am back in Almaty, Kazakhstan, starting the second half of the school year. I enjoyed New Years in Saigon…

I did the Hour of Code (#HourOfCode) with all of my ICT students last week and last Monday. The classes were from. 6th to 10th Graders. I gave my students options of…

Just woke up. Today is Independence Day in Kazakhstan. No work today and tomorrow. It also means I get to see the sunrise over the Alatau Mountains at my house. It is…

Monday's video will focus on the takeoff of Air Astana KC-907 after it was de-iced. It had just started to snow again. Sorry for the blurry window, it was due to the…

This week I will start posting video posts which is a direction I want SaigonNezumi.com to follow now. The first posts will focus on Air Astana on my flight to and from…