Kazakhstan 2026 — Bernd's Perspective

Tour with Against the Compass through mostly soviet Kazakhstan, June 2026.

Horse steak

Ascension Cathedral in Almaty

Mountain view from Almaty

Cadet ceremony

Cadet ceremony

Some MIG in Aktau

Heroic women

Space themed rides on a defunct fairground

Train to Aralsk

Plain

not even halfway

Camel on the way to the Aral Lake

Desert

Me and dinner

Horses

Erosion

Still on the way to the Aral Lake

The Aral Lake

Aral Lake

Hotel in Baikonur

My room

My bed

Communal area

Roscosmos

Buran

Another Buran

Same Buran

Rocket

Launchpad

Fully functional of course

Rocket engine

who knows...

Space memorial

Lady in pink pointing at massive vehicle

Some space stuff

Space gift shop

I love Baikonur

Gulag museum

Gulag museum with German typewriter

Torture cell

Me and Yuri in Karaganda

Me and Lennon

Me and spaceman

Grand entrance

Temirtau

Nothing to see here

Monument

Monument to the steel workers

Folk show near Tselinograd

Eagle and me

Astana

Astana

Wait!

Go

Astana at night

Orthodox church in Astana

Mosque

Big mosque

Inside the big mosque

Astana

Semipalatinsk

The Polygon

Semipalatinsk

Me in front of the atomic lake

Semipalatinsk

Semipalatinsk

Cows

Semipalatinsk

Gym in a defunct synagogue in Semey

Freedom memorial