Comments on: Astana, Kazakhstan: First Snow, Bayterek, and an Embassy Escapade http://www.the9to5alternative.com/blog/astana-kazakhstan-first-snow-bayterek-and-an-embassy-escapade travel, lifestyle design, entrepreneurship Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:47:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Yee http://www.the9to5alternative.com/blog/astana-kazakhstan-first-snow-bayterek-and-an-embassy-escapade/comment-page-1#comment-1846 Yee Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:23:01 +0000 http://www.the9to5alternative.com/?p=901#comment-1846 Nice web log. I always have thoughts about traveling to Eastern Europe but always been held back by fund limitation. Reading about your whole experience and how things can sometimes be so unpredictable really amazes me. Nice web log. I always have thoughts about traveling to Eastern Europe but always been held back by fund limitation. Reading about your whole experience and how things can sometimes be so unpredictable really amazes me.
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]]> By: February Survey Assignment: U.S. and North Africa | the 9 to 5 alternative http://www.the9to5alternative.com/blog/astana-kazakhstan-first-snow-bayterek-and-an-embassy-escapade/comment-page-1#comment-1335 February Survey Assignment: U.S. and North Africa | the 9 to 5 alternative Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:32:20 +0000 http://www.the9to5alternative.com/?p=901#comment-1335 [...] I’ll be traveling back to survey-land. Back to a world of bribes and border crossings, Embassy escapades and interesting transits. A world of pseudo-espionage, where pussyfooting supermarket aisles for 4+ [...] [...] I’ll be traveling back to survey-land. Back to a world of bribes and border crossings, Embassy escapades and interesting transits. A world of pseudo-espionage, where pussyfooting supermarket aisles for 4+ [...]

]]> By: Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Earthquake Aftershock, Mitsubishi and a Cheap Bribe | the 9 to 5 alternative http://www.the9to5alternative.com/blog/astana-kazakhstan-first-snow-bayterek-and-an-embassy-escapade/comment-page-1#comment-1149 Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Earthquake Aftershock, Mitsubishi and a Cheap Bribe | the 9 to 5 alternative Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:16:10 +0000 http://www.the9to5alternative.com/?p=901#comment-1149 [...] right. The gate at Kazakhstan’s Russian Embassy had frozen shut, and after a comical experience watching the security guard try to thaw it open (burning [...] [...] right. The gate at Kazakhstan’s Russian Embassy had frozen shut, and after a comical experience watching the security guard try to thaw it open (burning [...]

]]> By: Meghan http://www.the9to5alternative.com/blog/astana-kazakhstan-first-snow-bayterek-and-an-embassy-escapade/comment-page-1#comment-1128 Meghan Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:18:50 +0000 http://www.the9to5alternative.com/?p=901#comment-1128 hahaha AP that's hilarious!!! I can't believe you were frozen inside the embassy. You can't make this stuff up. Reminds me of the time I got locked inside a shower stall in Turkmenistan... yikes. Hope you're having an amazing time in Nepal! hahaha AP that’s hilarious!!! I can’t believe you were frozen inside the embassy. You can’t make this stuff up. Reminds me of the time I got locked inside a shower stall in Turkmenistan… yikes. Hope you’re having an amazing time in Nepal!

]]> By: Sean http://www.the9to5alternative.com/blog/astana-kazakhstan-first-snow-bayterek-and-an-embassy-escapade/comment-page-1#comment-917 Sean Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:43:45 +0000 http://www.the9to5alternative.com/?p=901#comment-917 The door was frozen shut...man, that is hilarious! Well at least it is to read about, I can imagine the reality was quite a bit less funny. Thanks for sharing the story and teaching me a new thing or two about Kazakhstan (although I admittedly, knew next to nothing about it in the first place..) The door was frozen shut…man, that is hilarious! Well at least it is to read about, I can imagine the reality was quite a bit less funny. Thanks for sharing the story and teaching me a new thing or two about Kazakhstan (although I admittedly, knew next to nothing about it in the first place..)

]]> By: Dragos Roua http://www.the9to5alternative.com/blog/astana-kazakhstan-first-snow-bayterek-and-an-embassy-escapade/comment-page-1#comment-876 Dragos Roua Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:59:38 +0000 http://www.the9to5alternative.com/?p=901#comment-876 Looks like you're having a lot of fun. Living in Romania, which is pretty close to Russia, made a lot of things look familiar to me, but I think they might be surprising for somebody who wasn't exposed to the Russian culture. It was a nice read :-) .-= Dragos Roua´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edragonu-TheChoiceOfAPersonalPath/~3/SHky4qaPeoo/" rel="nofollow">How to Overcome Frustration in 3 Easy Steps</a> =-. Looks like you’re having a lot of fun. Living in Romania, which is pretty close to Russia, made a lot of things look familiar to me, but I think they might be surprising for somebody who wasn’t exposed to the Russian culture.

It was a nice read :-)
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]]> By: Graham http://www.the9to5alternative.com/blog/astana-kazakhstan-first-snow-bayterek-and-an-embassy-escapade/comment-page-1#comment-851 Graham Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:30:20 +0000 http://www.the9to5alternative.com/?p=901#comment-851 Great post as usual Alan. I can't believe you got stuck in the embassy because of a frozen door. That's really funny. You think they'd be used to that sort of thing and had easy ways to deal with it by now. .-= Graham´s last blog ..<a href="http://grahamwoodring.com/2009/10/28/the-terrible-results-of-pollution/" rel="nofollow">The Terrible Results of Pollution</a> =-. Great post as usual Alan. I can’t believe you got stuck in the embassy because of a frozen door. That’s really funny. You think they’d be used to that sort of thing and had easy ways to deal with it by now.
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]]> By: Nate http://www.the9to5alternative.com/blog/astana-kazakhstan-first-snow-bayterek-and-an-embassy-escapade/comment-page-1#comment-842 Nate Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:30:31 +0000 http://www.the9to5alternative.com/?p=901#comment-842 Awesome post. I enjoyed following your Russian embassy story the day it was happening on Twitter, it was good to read more details about it! Hope the rest of your trip goes great. .-= Nate´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.thewaythatyouwander.com/be-you/" rel="nofollow">be you</a> =-. Awesome post. I enjoyed following your Russian embassy story the day it was happening on Twitter, it was good to read more details about it! Hope the rest of your trip goes great.
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