We flew to Almaty, the former capital city of Kazakhstan, from Astana, now Nur Sultana
Monument includes 15 Russian soldiers representing the Soviet regions who fought in the Great Patriotic War from 1941-1945 with an eternal flame in the beautiful Paniflov Park in Almaty
Zekov Russian Orthodox Cathedral in the Park
We visited Almaty’s Opera house
Entrance hall to the opera house. We were fortunate to hear a local group practicing the opera, Don Carlos, with an Italian maestro directing. They sounded beautiful!
A visit to Almaty’s central market, the Green Bazaar - it was an informative, fun visit! This was a Korean station with great fresh prepared foods
Seaberries on the left (lots of vitamin C) & yellow cranberries on the right
What we call Chinese Lanterns (without fruit) in Almaty the plant has a cranberry inside which you can eat
Kazakhstans eat all parts of animals except the stomach (including horse meat)
Almaty means “the place with apples” because of the many varieties. The favorite is the Aport apple which is delicious and taste like our Macintosh
Everything is arranged so beautifully!
Almaty is a pretty city in the foothills of the Zaili Alatau Mountains
Almaty was called Alatau during the Silk Road times
Ramil, our Guide, and Maddy going up on the cable car
At the top of Ili Alatau mountain
Always great views from the top
Medeu Ice skating Rink - view from the second cable car we rode to the top. Athletes from around the world train here to build up strength and endurance because of the altitude 
An upside down house exhibit near the entrance to the cable car
Golden Man Monument in Republic Square in Almaty 
We visited the Sunkar Bird Refuge, a breeding farm where Pawel & Diane demonstrated how they train their birds for hunting
Himalayan Vulture
Steppe Eagle
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