The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration. Claude Monet

My weekend for me was very interesting and fascinating. On saturday I woke up at 7.00 a.m. and went with my mom, grandma, and grandpa to the dacha. When we came there it was may be 8.00 and I was very hungry,so I decided to have breakfast. So I look at nearest apple trees and found some, they were delicious and sweet. First of all I need to explain why we came there, no not just to rest, we came to cut down some old trees and make collect fruits and vegetables. That was great time, maybe for some people it’s boring, but in my opinion it’s awesome, cause it’s located near mountains, and while city was covered with hot air, we have some nice fresh wind.

Katutau and Aktau Mountains
 

The final stage of the trip is the Katutau and Aktau Mountains. Active volcanoes used to create uproars in the Katutau Mountains once upon a time and the remains of lava streams subjected to the sun, frosts, rains and winds appear lo be wonderful images carved on rocks. The Aktau are the splendid cretaceous mountains. It is a breathtaking land winning the hearts of tourists with its grandeur and lifelessness. However, that plants of great vitality on Earth grow and arhars astonish everyone with their beauty.

Many species of herons, wood-cocks, dicks.and other wader live in the water and marghy lands in the Park, The Ili river and the Kapchagay reservoir abound in Ash.

Carp, white amur-fish, bream, sheat-fish, sandre, and other species of fish which are a trophy long wished for amateur angler.

We’d like to inform you that four European standard hotels for 50 persons, a camping for 10 persons and a yurt have been built in the Park all the routes and tourist places are equipped with pavilions, urns, public conveniences built from local materials to be in harmony with nature. Services of guides, car hire, making shubat and kumys are provided on preliminary order as well as riding camels and horses. Hunters have a chance to get a trophy of Siberian mountain goat, wild boar, pheasant, mountain partridge. They are accommodated with hunting-houses with shower-rooms.

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The necropolis of Bes-Shatyr (Five Tents) used to be a place of worship for the ancient Scythians dwelling on the territory of the nowadays Kazakhstan in the 1st century BC. Here, on the territory of 2 sq. km, 18 imperial mounds of about 9 m. in diameter and about 2.5 m. in altitude are situated. Under the mounds one can see crypts made of logs of the Tyan-Shan fur-tree. This unique monument of the early nomads is in Semirechye, in the head waters of the Ili River. To the west of the imperial mounds, the circuit of 45 stone stoves with pictures of animals carved on them extends from the north to the south. Scientists consider this place the ritual part of the necropolis.

The Besshatyr necropolis is considered, as a relic of the ancient Sakis living on the territory of Kazakhstan in the I millennium B.C. 18 royal burrows from 8 up to 70 meters in diameter and from 2 up to 20 meters in height are concentrated therein an area of 2 sq. km. The chain of 45 immovable stone fences lies to the West of the royal tombs from the North to the South, on which drawings of animals are stamped. The scientists assume, that it is a ritual necropolis site. The complex under the burial-vaults is built tip of Tien-Shan fir-trees under the embankments. The area of the funerary wooden “house” is 20 sq. m. and the height is 3 m.

Ancient people are believed to produce bullets from this wood. You’ll also have a chance to visit an impressive group of tumuli, the so-called king’s burial mounds Besshatyr (bes=five).

The huge hills of which the largest is 17 m high with the diameter of 104 m are the burial-ground of Saxon leaders and generals of the VII th- lll rd centuries B.C. The tumuli are surrounded by the rings of menhirs – metal constructions that are similar to those of Stonehenge erected in Great Britain.

The River Ili along which numerous caravans of the Great Silk Road used to take these routes lows near these tumuli nowadays the tourists have an opportunity to swim in the river, to enjoy its beaches and admire a huge cliff of the red stone rising 100 m above the river.

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This famous peak is the highest point in Kazakhstan (7010 m) and the most northerly in the world. The mountain sits on the border of three states – China, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. The summit of Khan-Tengri is difficult to reach and therefore extremely interesting to both mountaineers and lovers of adventure holidays. The northern part of the mountain is situated in Kazakhstan. The dream of many mountaineers is to climb the north face of Khan-Tengri.

The Khan Tengri Peak is the most northern peak over seven thousands meters height in the world. Khan Tengri is one of the most beautiful mountains in the world because of its perfect marble peak, 1200 years passed since Khan Tengri had been mentioned in the Chinese chronicles for the first time. M. Pogrebetskiy, a Ukrainian mountain climber conquered it for the fist lime in 1931, having traversed the southern side of the peak. This route considered to be classical even today.

Khan Tengri is located in the far region on the boundaries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and China. Most climbers reach the base camp at the fool of Khan Tengri by helicopter. Ascending to its peak is the goal of many climbers all over the world. It requires a minimum of fourteen days to reach its top. The region around the mountain includes many peaks of 6000m in height: the Marble Wall (6400 m) is among them. It is an area of the alpine valleys with the most beautiful lakes and rivers.

Due to the proximity of the Chinese border, this region require special permission to enter (a permit).

HI ! If u want to save money and to relax on the fresh air you

can go to our beautiful mountines , by navoi street which

leads to the Almarasan where you can make the BBQ with

you friends , play games and do whatever! I go there every

saturday with my girls and little dog. We having a great time!

 The nature is absolutely amazing! 

Hi! On Sunday i went to the Kapchagai lake with my friends

and we had a great time! We woke up at 7 am and started

our little trip , during our way to kapchagai i was stoped by

police , the reason was that I was driving too fast, he wanted

to take my driving license and i had to give him five thousend

tenge, very pitty.  But then when we get to the lake

everything was going ok. We were swimming, diving, driving

on the banana , playing game-cards, of cource eating and

stuff like that. Ye, the water was clean and the bitch was

sandy, that is really important to have a good holiday and to

relax. 

All across the 1800 km-long «vertical line» that separates southern and northern confines of Kazakstan one landscape zone replaces another: forest-and-steppe, steppe, semi-desert and desert ones. In the West the territory of Kazakstan shares its border with the Caspian Sea, in the East it is the Altay taiga that lines the Republic and high peaks of Tien-Shan constitute the border of the country in the South. The lowest point the Karaghie depression (132 m below sea-level)- is situated on the Manghystau peninsula while the highest one is Khan Tengri peak in Tien-Shan mountains (about 7,000 m over sea-level). Three major rivers – Yertys, Tobol and Ishim flow into the Arctic Ocean while the rest of the streams either fall into land-locked reservoirs (Caspian and Aral seas, the lake of Balkhash) or just get lost in the vast steppe or desert ranges. It is in fact the main feature of Kazakstan as a geographic region. The second peculiarity consists in a certain asymmetry of landscapes: its western portion (to the West of the 68 E.L. meridian) is almost exclusively plain-like, whereas the eastern one is predominantly mountainous. Apart from such high mountains as Tien-Shan and Altay quite sizable portion of territory is occupied by Tarbagatay, Saur, Kazak low hills, Kokshetau height.
In Kazakstan there grow over 6,000 species of plants (of which 535 grow only here) and on its vast space one can come across almost 500 species of birds, animals (178 spcs), reptiles (49 spcs), amphibia (12 spcs), fish (107 spcs).  The host of the invertebrate is ever greater: insects only number some 30,000 species.
The Usturt plateau situated between the Caspian and Aral seas is a slightly hilly desert-like plain, here and there grown with wormwood and unprepossessing shrubs of Russian thistle. Only in wide-spread drainless depressions there occur shrubs of black saxaul. Steep ledges (chinks) add immensely to the inimitable beauty of the landscape.
Particularly picturesque is the Western chink whose height attains 340 m: its eroded precipice would, time and again, take quite fanciful forms. The area is inhabited by such rare animals as Usturt moufflon or urial, ratel from the family of martens, long-needled hedge-hog and a good many species of wild cats: karakal, barkhan cat and the famous cheetah. No small is the number of slim gazelles-zhairans, beautiful bustards (or Jacks) and such other birds of desert.
Slopes of Northern Tien-Shan are covered with fir-woods while those of the West are grown with scarce archa trees eventually intermingled with high-grass waterless valleys. Here the gorges are grown with apple-trees and other nut-and-fruit trees. High up in the sky one can see mountainous peaks covered with permafrost snows and glaciers.
It’s only here that one can come across a frightful snow leopard (irbis), Tien-Shan brown bear, Siberian stag. The «feathered world» is represented by the famous bearded vulture whose wing-span is up to over 3 m, a Himalaiyan ular or mountain turkey-hen, a snow griffon-vulture, a white-headed vulture, a golden eagle (the favourite bird of Kazak hunters), an Alpine finch and fairly-like blue bird-Alpine jackdaw…
If you happen to visit taiga-grow mountains of the Altay you might come across a giant of an elik, a handsome Siberian stag, our smallest deer- a musk-deer («kabyrga»), the famous sable and gracefully handsome chipmunk.
Only here one can find a wood-grouse, a hazel-grouse, a willow grouse and a ptarmigan. Small wonder that the national authorities have turned the Alpine lake Markakol in South Altay into a special reserve to protect the local flora and fauna. The lake hosts a good many waterfowl whereas its banks and the woods serve a fine nestling place for such rare birds as fishhawk and black stork.
As to the Alpine heights they are inhabited by an exceedingly rare bird species – the Altay ular.
Steppes of Kazakstan are no second in beauty to other landscape zones. They gain particular fascination because of sweet-and salt-water lakes which attract thousands of waterfowl represented by dozens of species of ducks, geese, gulls, herons, sandpipers, roseate terns. The salt-water lake of Tenghiz situated in Central Kazakstan has been turned into a Kurgaldzhy reserve for it is only here thatpink flamingos make their nests (in fact it is their northernmost colony!). Another, Naurzum steppe reserve is just as rich with various fowl. Apart from a numerous lakes one can admire here a unique pine forest, the southernmost in Kazak steppes. Quite a number of prey-birds have chosen the area for nestling: imperial eagles, falcons (balobans, merlins, common kestrels and others).
Deserts too display no small specifics. For the most part they are represented by vast argillaceous plains grown with wormwood and Russian thistle. Along with the aforementioned Usturt, the world-famous Betpak-Dala ranging from the lake of Balkhash to the rivers of Shu and Sarysu adds much to the peculiar fascination of the area. Sand deserts in Kazakstan are represented by such tracts of sand as Kyzylkum (to the West of Syrdaria river), Muyunkum (to the South of Betpak-Dala and Shu river), by sands of South Transbalkhash territory (Sarytaukum, Saryishikatyrau, etc), Transaral Karakum. Most often the barkhans are covered with saxaul, zhuzghun, sand acacia. The area is inhabited by Middle Asian gazelles ousted to the sands by common sheep, many species of jerboas, polecats, piebald poutorak, steppe wiesel and by several species of birds: saxaul jays, steppe hens, larks, desert doves.
Yet most characteristic of the desert fauna are, no doubt, reptiles: Middle Asian tortoise, the world largest lizard – grey monitor lizard (its habitat is the desert of Kyzylkum only), steppe agama, several species of geckos, round-headed lizards, small lizards and 17 species of snakes.
 

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Here I want to share with you a story, where me and my friends went to Borovoe. My stoiry begins in the early morning of 1 january 2006, yeah you right it was after new year party. We decided to spend 4 days in Borovoe in cottage. Heh nothing special here yes? Just ordinary trip, but one of my friends took car without parents permission, moreover he forgot to take some papers, so he just have an id and driver license thats all he’ve got. Oh, I forgot to add that on the back seat of the car, were big canister full of petrol, and we used to smoke in that car, yeah nice. After 30 minutes we meet up with other people went to the Ramstor, bought some drinks and food. By the wayit was freezing cold.

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