Almaty significa generatrice di mele, madre delle mele, o qualcosa such, it is in the mountain area of \u200b\u200bAlmaty has been identified in the area that sparked the apples, before spreading across the planet. And the apple of Almaty, is the product that identifies a bit all over the country.
Almaty was the capital of Kazakhstan up to a decade ago, when Nazarbajev the Presidentissimo, he created from nothing and in the desert, a new capital, Astana. Replicating the model of Brasilia has called for great architects designed and made great efforts to convince the ruling class of Almaty to move there, but he succeeded only in part, temperatures in the desert of Astana are unsustainable and many have preferred to stay here, while giving up huge benefits economici.
Il giorno del nostro arrivo in città coincide, guarda caso, con una festa di tre giorni per celebrare il 12° compleanno di Astana, e ha il suo culmine in un mega concerto di musica pop e fuochi artificiali nel centro della città. E’ paradossale che queste celebrazioni vengano tenute nella città che è stata scippata del titolo di capitale, ma è anche un segno di quanto il presidente Nazarbajev tenga a questo progetto. Questo Nazarbajev è un personaggio controverso, ma estremamente popolare nel paese, è forte di un consenso del 90%, che è reale, non forzato o pilotato. Questo non gli impedisce comunque di essere insofferente a quel poco di dissenso che c’è: la censura di questo blog, as part of Google's network, it is a test.
The first Italian city in which we meet, Carmine, university teacher who has lived here for twenty years, says "I love you", explaining that the economic progress of the country over the past twenty years and the fact that co-exist peacefully in Kazakhstan 140 20 ethnic groups and religions is all about the president.
As a city has a decidedly Soviet Almaty, and then barracks and urban block orthogonal, but the fact of being completely immersed in the gardens and tree-lined refines and makes very cool even in terms of climate.
E 'on one of these avenues that we meet a group of Russian biker, who gives us the right to stay straight, you rent an apartment in the center by the owners, who advertise them on the street with the white plates. This practice is unfair in the sense that the owners thus avoiding having to pay taxes, but it works well because it allows you to rent the apartment just for one day and pay a lower price than hotels, which are very expensive. So we rent an apartment for three days that can not be more central, just 50 meters from the pedestrian zone, and especially in a 18-storey tower block-style "iron curtain", with stairs and lifts nightmare, but very convenient and pleasant to live. A perfect base for exploring la città.
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