“You tourist?”
This is the most made inquiry of us in Kazakhstan. The insane thing is that it’s asked all over the place; in the city, in inns, and even as we are driving down the road different autos will back off, lower their windows and pose the mainstream inquiry.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve been to a nation that is so untouched by Western sightseers… however Kazakhstan respects the few they get. I’ve been gazed at a great deal before in India and Nepal, however in Kazakhstan they take a gander at you with wonderment in their eyes.
As autos pass us on the parkway they drive by, take a gander at us, and after that do a twofold take. You can see the acknowledgment go over their face… the look of “hold up a moment… what are you doing here?” In reality we’ve even had individuals tail us down the walkways and keeping in mind that driving just to watch us longer.
Individuals sound and grin and make proper acquaintance, and some give us the peace sign. Everybody timidly tries to rehearse their English as though this is the one time a year they find the opportunity to address a genuine English talking individual!
I’m not precisely beyond any doubt what the tourism numbers are for Kazakhstan yet I’m almost certain they are non-existent! Business travel is fit as a fiddle here, yet considering they have no non-business inns here I’m expecting tourism is a reconsideration.
A gathering of adolescent young ladies who were SO eager to meet Deb and I – envisioned outside of the huge shopping center in Aktobe
Truth be told, some of Kazakhstan’s greatest urban communities aren’t shrouded in Lonely Planet Guides. I was amazed and dismayed that the clamoring city of Aktobe didn’t have a guide in Lonely Planet gave to it and it just had 2 inns recorded. Wowser – it’s close difficult to discover a lodging WITH a guide… it’s a supernatural occurrence without a guide.
In any case, they will come. It won’t take yearn for visitors to discover Kazakhstan and come in crowds. So come now… while you are as yet considered an imperiled specie here! Individuals will welcome you with open arms… and sounds.
