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Staying with a Kazak family: Kokshetau
Wisconsinguy Says: I stayed with a Kazak family for 2 weeks. The house is located on the outskirts of Kokshetau. If you stay in the city, don't drink the water. I could drink the water where I was staying because my family has their own well. In our backyard we had a large hill with great...
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Fun club. 2 levels with multiple bars. At various points they clear the dance floor and have female exotic dancers or break dancers. No cameras are allowed inside. Travel with a group. To get home you may need to find a cab on the street and wake the driver up.
Dress Code: Casual dress is ok, but I recommend wearing something other than a t-shirt. Nice jeans are ok.
Written Jul 17, 2006
Address: I believe it is located north of the city center.
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Pick up food and vodka before boarding. Its a long trip and you can share your vodka with people you meet. On my train I met some Russian Soldiers and had much "Russian cola" a.k.a. vodka shots with tomatoe juice chasers. YUMMY!
BE AWARE -- Russia does not allow you to take pictures from the train while it is moving. I was eating breakfast one day and took some pictures out the window as we passed a river. Some Russian undercover police started to yell at me. They wanted my camera. I guess terrorists plot attack points along the rail by taking photos of possible secluded attack sites. Eh well I wasn't a terrorist so what did I care. I continued to take photos from the train.
Updated Jul 19, 2006
In order to get to Kokshetau, we took a 3 day train ride on the Trans Siberia Railroad. That is another story in itself. Once in Kokshetau, I was picked up by 2 brothers and taken by taxi to their...
I made two trips to Kokshetau from Almaty (Alma-Ata) in November and December, 2000. The weather was extremely cold and the flight on my first trip had to land in Karaganda due to the weather. My...
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