Living in Almaty, Kazakhstan : March 2014

Monday, March 31, 2014

Events during April 2014 for Almaty, Atyrau and Astana

Events in April – Almaty, Atyrau and Astana

So the weather is changing for the better here in Almaty although the evenings can still be cool.

We are officially in spring!!!

In Atyrau:

1-3 April 2014 is the 13^th North Caspian Regional Atyrau Oil & Gas Exhibition, and

the 8^th Atyrau Regional Pretorleum Technology Conference.

In Almaty:

2- 6 April the International Jazz Festival

Programme:

April 2 - Almaty Jazz Band, Baki Duyarlar quartet (www.bakiduyarlar.com)

April 3 - Frank Salis H3O (Switzerland) (www.franksalis.com)

April 4 - X.O. group ( Khmonekov/Osipov group at Rixos, entrance 3,000 tenge

April 5 - Passacaglia (Germany), Pulcinella (France)

April 6 - Gocha Siradze band, Satjan project.

The time is 19:00 for Wed, Thurs, Fri , and 17:00 for Sat and Sun.

All jam sessions will be at JSC jazz bar at Ambassador hotel.

Ticket office at Philharmonic on Tole-Bi/Kaldayakov, tel: 291-80-48.

"Giselle" on the 9^th of April at 19:00 presented by the Paris Opera in Almaty.

Tickets by sector :range from 7 000-25 000 KZT

For more information tel . : +7 (727) 272 79 34 ( box office) , +7 702 888 04 40 , +7 705 447 50 40

at the Opera and Ballet Theatre on Abaya

23-25 April also in Almaty

KITF The 14th International Tourism Exhibition

The KITF Exhibition is the largest tourism forum in Central Asia, which during three days will be presenting:

• the world’s best resorts
• luxury hotels
• the most convenient flights
• informative seminars
• best solutions and special offers for recreation
• new developments in tourism industry

In Astana:

8-10 April MachExpo- the 2^nd Kazakhstan International Industrial Exhibition Machine Building, Machine Tool and Automation Exhibition

Also from 8-10 April the 4^th Kazakhstan International Energy, Electrical equipment and Machinery Exhibition

9-11 April also in Astana, the KazAtomExpo 2014, which is the 5^th Kazakhstan International Nuclear Power Engineering Industry Conference.

23-25 April the 5^th International Exhibition of Flower and Landscape Design

Hope you have a lovely April in Kazakhstan, and I will bring you more information as I get it.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

When will Dostyk Plaza open?

My dear Dostyk Plaza, when will you be finished?

I have lived across the road from your location for many years, and with anticipation watched the sandstorms roll over empty spaces year after year. We literally moved a couple of months after they flattened the sports stadium to our disbelieve... hoping one day... something would be build on this massive open piece of ground in the middle of prime Samal real-estate.

We were so excited hearing about the new development .... Dostyk Plaza.

But in our hearts we knew nothing gets build with ease in Kazakhstan.

Deep down we still hoped that you, my dear - Dostyk Plaza would be finished as advertised at the end of 2013.

Sadly, our wishes has not come true and it looks like your are still a long way from finished. Although they proclaimed February - March 2014.

Lets hope it will be soon!

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Questions & Suggestions

Hi, dear friends

Please let me know if there are specific topics that you would like me to cover.

Any other questions and suggestions are also welcome.

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