A late (but great) Winter

It has been cold, but we've been enjoying it. Here we are skiing with our American peers.

Almaty at Altitude

There is a park on the city limits called Kok-Tobe. Rather like Vancouver's Cypress Bowl, it offers a unique view of the city below. We hiked it last Friday evening. It's been unusualy cold here for the past few weeks: -10 to -15. But this is what the city looks like at 6pm on a Friday at the end of February.

Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass Beatle

We dropped Kyla off at a birthday party and we decided to go for a small hike while we waited for her. It was -15. Not bad by BC standards, but for Almaty, it was quite an ordeal. We've been here for three years, and we can't find the explanation for why they play Beatles music 24 hours a day at this little display of solid brass Beatles in a park above the city.