Thursday, 24 December 2009

Merry Christmas!

Thursday, 17 December 2009

Shishcoteque

Independence Day celebrations continued for me and some colleagues at our local 'shishcoteque' - a heady mix of Kazakh water pipes (kalyan), disco music, and garish lights.

Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Happy Kazakh Independence Day!

The Independence Monument: The Golden Man rides a winged snow leopard.

Sunday, 6 December 2009

Black smokers

Out of context, a bewildering question from an English test.

(Gold star to the first person who can tell me what "black smokers" refers to here!)

Friday, 4 December 2009

Black Hat White Hat



Conflict was inevitable.

No sugar bowls were smashed in the making of this movie.

Sunday, 29 November 2009

Saturday, 21 November 2009

Beware the icicles my son...

Warning to foreigners: As temperatures fluctuate, icicles start to melt and may fall. Be sure to be walking somewhere else at the time.