KazakhstanBradt Travel Guides, 2011 - 432 pages Landlocked between Russia and China, and surrounded by the shimmering Caspian Sea shores and the Altai and Tian Shan mountains, a trip to the exotic wilds of Kazakhstan will erase any association Westerners may have with the film Borat. Visit in May and find the slopes of the Tian Shan carpeted with tulips, base yourself in cosmopolitan Almaty and daytrip to the nearby mountains and forest (where the pious may encounter the legendary Buddhist kingdom of Shambala), or sample a glass of kumiss at a Kazakh dastarkhan. Now updated with more detail, Kazakhstan provides in-depth explanations of the rich and unique Kazakh traditions and nomadic heritage. The most comprehensive guide available, it's invaluable for anyone visiting or living in Kazakhstan. |
Table des matières
Background Information | 3 |
Practical Information | 23 |
Astana and Akmola Region | 73 |
Almaty | 117 |
The Southeast | 159 |
Central Kazakhstan | 199 |
The East | 225 |
The North | 257 |
The Northwest | 293 |
The West | 319 |
The South | 353 |
Language | 399 |
Glossary | 408 |
Further Information | 411 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
Abai Ablai Khan Abulkhair Khan accommodation admission Air Astana airport akimat Akmola Aktau Aktobe Alatau Almaty apartment blocks Atyrau Auezov Avenue b/fast Baikonur Balkhash bazaar Borovoye Bradt building bus station Café central Asian centre century complex cosmonauts decorated depicts dishes display dombra dome Dostyk Dzhungars east entrance ethnic flight floor focused further head Hotel houses Kabanbai Batyr Karaganda Kazakh kobyz Kokshetau Kostanai Kyzylorda Lake Lenin located mausoleum menu Microdistrict monument Moscow mosque Mountains museum offers option Otrar painting park Pavlodar petroglyphs Petropavl photographs President Nazarbaev railway station range restaurant River road rooms route runs Russian Satpaev Semey Semipalatinsk shashlik Shevchenko Shymkent side Soviet period Soviet Union square stands statue steppe stone Street Taraz taxi Tian Shan tour tourist town Tsarist Turkestan Uralsk Ust-Kamenogorsk village walls western wooden yurt Zhambyl Zhezkazgan