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Dealing with noise

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One of the things we have had to get used to here in Almaty is a different level of noise pollution.  This may seem strange coming from someone born and brought up in London: you might think I’d be used to noise, but it’s a very different noise here.  The English are generally pretty good… Continue reading

On leaving Kazakhstan

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So here I am at the end of our four years in Kazakhstan and that seems a good time for some reflection.  It’s definitely time to go but I don’t want to do so with a sense of running away in horror or with any residual negative feelings, either about school or about Almaty itself,… Continue reading