Donnerstag, 21. August 2008

Astana - Kazakhstan's new capital

Monday, 11th september 2008

Timetable for the trip to Astana:
Almaty 19:21 - Astana 08:00


The futuristic Talgo-train to Astana


Our compartment inside


Viewfrom the train to the mountains

Video during the trip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ncHsaw5F54


Having a beer in the dining car


Like starship Enterprise...


Tuesday, 12th september 2008


Astana station


Many new buliding - ministry of finance on the right


Astana may be called the "Dubai of the step"...





Bayterek-tower (designed by the British archtitect Norman Foster) in the new governmental district. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayterek







View from the Bayterek-tower





Inside Bayterek-tower






In the evening Tobias and I met Mikhail Utkin, a Kazakh railway-photographer livining in Astana.


Agaian the Talgo train.


Sunset on the rails.


Railway station Astana by night

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