Monday, November 2, 2009

Luxury Hotel?

Just in case someone thought that hotels in Kazakhstan might be similar to hotels in North America--well some are but this one wasn't!! This is the "hotel" that we stayed at in the National Park. They advertise this place!!!
This was the main meeting room and they would of cooked dinner for us but the menu was a little questionable--fish head soup--and after I saw the kitchen--we made the right decision.


We had this room with 3 beds and not a whole lot more--the selling feature was indoor plumbing. The bathroom was down a very steep set of stairs, past the communal wash sink, through the porch to a very cold, cold bathroom. Not the end of the world but the price for these accommodations was a little high but they had us cornered on this one. We were in the middle of nowhere.

I think they were making silage for the winter. There were some sheep behind the house that were looking a little hungry. Beside the sheep, there was a laundry room and it did have a washing machine--I was very impressed but I am not sure if it was working.






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