Kazahfoldon / kazakhland

eloszor is elertem a gepet. wow! gondolom, nem meglepo, hogy raadasul kesett is egy orat. persze, nem hetfon, hanem most... (((:

masodszor, valamiert nem aerosvit lett a gep, hiaba kerestem a feliratot kitartoan, hanem az altalam kevesse ismert es kevesse bizalomgerjeszto Donbassaero legitarsasag, ahol sem a stewardess, sem a becsekkoltato nem beszelt angolul (!!!). (: szerencsere valahogy nemetul elkommunikaltam valamelyik utassal, aki forditotta nekem a tortenteket. de nem gondoltam volna, hogy kievben mar ennyire messze vagyok europatol. igaz, a repulon a kutyat nem erdekelt semmi, a helyemre ultek, ossze-vissza rohangaltak, eldontottek a szeket felszallaskor (amit elmeletileg nem lehet), mobilt bekapcsoltak stb...

a repulon vegre, 16 ev utan ujra teliholdas felhos ejszaka volt!!! aztan pedig olyan tajak, hogy nem is igazan tudom, miket lattam. mocsarak, fennsikok, fekete hegysegek, ami ugy nezett ki, mintha egy nagy tanyer olajat ontottek volna rajuk, csomo fele szep felho, miegymas. aztan hirtelen meglattam a hegyeket a varos deli oldalan... kepen mar lattam oket, de... nem is tudom leirni, meg kell neznetek! azota is szedem ossze az allam a foldrol, annyira lenyugozo.

harmadszor pedig: Geri, barmennyire is biztos voltal a sorsomban, nem adtak el a repteren kecskeert! sot, azota sem. bar neha azt erzem, hogy cirkuszban vagyok, es mutogatnak, mint latvanyossagot. nem tudom, hogy en nezem meg oket jobban, vagy ok engem. (:

szoval a repteren siman beengedtek - csak hogy lassatok, hogy van, ami gond nelkul megy -, jottek ertem, van szallasom, kaptam reggelit stb. aztan nyakamba kaptam a varost. az elso benyomas nagyon pozitiv: rengeteg zold terulet, tagas, nem tul budos. aztan kiderult, hogy egy igen jo kornyeken lakom, prada es egyeb boltokkal korulveve. a haz elott allo 12 autobol 9 terepjaro, direkt megszamoltam. es nem am lepukkant gepek, hanem hammer, x5, land rover, lexus-hegyek, cayenne (no, nem skywalk (: )... de ez mindenhol jellemzo itt, hogy meg a duledezo panelek alol is legalabb egy rav4-es gurul ki. viszont a masik oldal: a hazak es a buszok total lepukkantak...

sok sokkoloval nem tudok szolgalni, tok europai a hely. ja, talan a kozlekedest kiveve. itt is lehet a piacon venni jogositvanyt, es ez meg is latszik az utakon. a zebran megallnak, amikor meg 10 m-re vagyok toluk, de azonnal elindulnak, ahogy a kocsi ele erek... ki erti ezt?!? (:

azert a kozlekedes temaja kimerithetetlen. lassu, koszos, tomott. de legalabb lehet a helyiekkel kommunikalni. ami a buszon tipikus:

1. a mellettem ulo mindig beszedbe elegyedik velem. kivetel nincs (:

2. mivel egy turista (aki csak amerikai lehet, венгерский semmikepp) mindenkit erdekel, igy a fel busz minket nez, ahogy az orosz-angol tarsalgasi zsebkonyvembol a legkulonfelebb mondatokat probalom osszeheggeszteni

3. leszallni nem lehet, csak kisebb harcok aran... (:

4. sosem engednek fizetni! tokjo!!!

a helyi aruk neha viccesek. tegnapi kedvencem volt a tevetej, amirol eddig sokat nem tudtam. vettem egy uveggel, majd felraztam felnyitas elott. kb ugy reagalt, mintha cola lett volna ((:

es a piac: mindig is ugy gondoltam, hogy a piac sokmindent elmond egy neprol. hat az itteni sem volt semmi! mar az odavezeto ut tele van arusokkal, akik egy kartondobozra kipakoljak a birkafejtol elkezdve az osszes portekajukat, fuggetlenul attol, hogy az romlando-e vagy sem. sajna a birkafejet nem tudtam lefotozni, mert mire eszbekaptam, mar eladtak...

a piac eleje semmiben nem kulonbozott a mi kinai piacunktol. ami viszont lenyugozo volt, az a fuszer-, gyumolcs-, sajt es salatareszleg. mindenhol megkinaltak, en mindent - aszalt gyumolcs, 4 gombasalata, majsalata, halsalata, kulonbozo magvak, 3 kumisz, tevetej, valami izetlen lotty benne zabbal - el is fogadtam (amugy a legtobb nem tul jo). ebedelnem mar nem kellett, es ha ezt kibirja a gyomrom lazadas nelkul, akkor nem lesz semmi gond. vagy csak lehet, hogy az egyik semlegesitette a masikat? elvegre mindnel azt igertek, hogy az jo a gyomromnak... (:

a piac felso szintjen volt a husreszleg, de mint az utcan, itt is huto nelkul. nem ertem, abban a tikkaszto hosegben, ami ott volt... mondjuk, volt egy szaga a helynek.

aztan jo ideig hezitaltam, hogy merjek-e venni valamit a bananon kivul, es akkor eszembe jutott Agitol kapott mindentmoso folyadeka (koszi meg 1x!!!), es vettem mindenfele szinu paradicsomot, amit csak lehetett kapni. tok jo, azota sem erkezett reklamacio belulrol (:

ja, itt van 6 es 10%-os tej is, nem csak 3,5...

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first: i reached the plane!!! woooow! iguess, it's not surprising, that the plane was delayed. of course now, and not two days ago, when i missed it... (((:

second: for some reason it was not an aerosvit, but a so called Donbassaero, which i have never heard about. the stewardess and the lady at the check-in desk did nto talk english at al... to be honest, i did not think, that in kiev i would be that far from europe. it's also true, that on the plane noone cared about rules: they sat on my seat, ran up and down, switched on the mobile etc... but the route was wonderful! i saw things i have no idea about what they are, but lovely ones. and when i glimpsed the mountains laying on the south of almaty... wooow, cannot explain. you must come and check it out by yourself!

my first expression about the city is very positive: lots of green area, not very crouded, not really polluted. then i got to know, that the district i live is a really good one. you cannot stand anywhere without seeing at least 3 4x4 cars, from the luxury categiry. even if the houses are a bit ugly...

i cannot provide you a lot of shocking, because this is a really european, or rather cosmopolitan city, maybe excepttraffic and transport. one can buy a driver's licence without lessons, which is pretty much visible on the roads. they stop when you cross, but start immediately, when you reach the car... who understands this?!?

anyway, public transportation is a neverending story: slow, crowded and dirty. but at least me - as a tourist - can communicate with locals every time. what is tipical on buses:

1. the one sitting next to you always wants to talk to you. no exception. (:

2. as a tourist (who can only be american, never венгерский) you are interested to everyon, so thalf of the bus looks at you all the time when trying to translate every different kind of sentences by my russian phase book

3. one can only get off by smaller fights... (:

4. they never let me pay. cooool!!!

local products are sometimes funny. my favourite from yesterday is camel milk (shubat), what i have not really known until now. so i bought a bottle, shaked it, and... had the same reaction as if it was a bottle of coke!! (:

and the market!!! i have always professed, that a nation can be known better by visiting the local market... yeah, and this was a real taste of central-asia. already on the way there i found hawkers everywhere, who just put their goods - including the raw, cleaned head of a sheep - on a paper box, dependless of its perishability. unfortunately i could not make picture of the sheep heads, as by the time i got back, they were just sold out...
the first few rows of the market was just like a chinese market in hungary, but later on... when i got to the section of food - salads, spices, cheese, dairy products, meet, fruits, nuts -... woooow!!! that was so lovely and colourful! amazing. i was offered by something everywhere, and i took everything: liver salad, fish salad, 4 different mushroom salads, dried fruits, nuts, 3 types of kumis (mare milk product), shubat etc. if my stomach accepts all this without bounty, then there woll be no problem at all! or maybe only one neutralizes the other? anyway, i was told, that all are good for digestion... (:

the meet section was upstairs, which was a bit shocking for me: everything, but really, and without cooling. (it was about 90F!). anyway, i did not purchase anything.

i was hesitating for a while, if i should buy anything. then a miracle cleaning stuff i got in hungary came to mind and i decided to go ahead and buy the most amazing tomatoes and such. until now, no complaint inside (:

oh, yeah, and they have milk with 6 and 10% fat!!! must taste them once my shubat is over.