Astana Impressions
Kazakhstan, Photoblog4 Comments
Christoph, a photographer-friend of mine, accompanied me to Kazakhstan a few weeks back. Here are some of his impressions from Astana:
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The new Independence Monument (91m high)
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Shaikh Kalifa’s bin Zayed Al Nahyan in town
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Busy gardeners, non-existent builders
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The presidential palace seen from the Bayterek monument
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The president’s hand imprint
All photos (c) Christopher Ferstad




“The president’s hand imprint”
You’ll see: the next step is, that it will be promoted as having healing powers. :) lol
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Turgai, you must think that you are very smart and funny
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Someone seems overly sensitive about a light-hearted joke that isn’t a million miles from rumours that could start?
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