ALMATY- My guide Anara loved living in the former Kazakhstan capital, “because of the freedom and the ability to head to the mountains on a hot summer day and still see snow.” She believed that the Kazakhstan tourism surge was mostly based on social media and was happy everyone was discovering how amazing the 9 th
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