Caught this not long ago in The Guardian, where photographer Mario Heller wrote about his three weeks crossing the steppe by train. Here is his journey through the stories of the passengers, the history of the country and the romance of the railway.
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Have you seen Borat Subsequent Moviefilm? It's a hoot - and Kazakhstan's outrage at Sacha Ben Cohen's original, its tourism authority has decided that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Here's how and why:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/2
Straddling two time zones and four climate zones, Central Asia's largest country is one of startling contrasts. Some would say it is the country of steppes, others of endless flatlands, of deep canyons such as Charyn, of deserts or of semi-saline l
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