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Kazakhstan welcomes YOU
Reception booklet for interns!
AIESEC Almaty, Kazakhstan Activating leadership since 1989
Dear intern,
First of all congratulations for being
matched with Kazakhstan. We are sure
that you are in the right place and you
have chosen the best internship for you!
This booklet was created for you by the
Reception working group of Kazakhstan.
We included most of the information
about the country and its characteristics.
You can find the practical information in
the preparation booklet.
We suggest you to take part in all of the
reception activities and being involved to
your host Local Committee.
Welcome to Kazakhstan and have a
memorable internship.
Best regards,
Local Committee AIESEC Almaty
1.General information
2.Geography
3.Almaty
5.Sights
6.Demographics
7. Climate
8. National holiday
9.Useful phrases
10.Reception programme
10.Trip to Astana
11.Contacts
Welcome to Kazakhstan - a
wonderful country in the centre of Eurasia, where the
features of Europe and Asia
are harmoniously combined. In
the ninth largest territory of the
world tourists will find a lot of
entertainment and attractions
for family holidays and active
recreation.
Its territory of 2,727,300
square kilometres is larger than
Western Europe. It shares
borders with Russia, China,
Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and
Turkmenistan, and also adjoins
a large part of the Caspian Sea. The terrain of Kazakhstan
includes flatlands, steppe, taiga,
rock canyons, hills, deltas, snow-
capped mountains, and deserts.
With 17 million people
Kazakhstan has the 62nd largest population in the world
The word “Almaty” in Kazakh people
language means
“grown with apple trees”. Apples were no
doubt one of the
important commodities. Anyway, Alma-Ata city
has been famous for them to this day.
Sights
An aerial tramway line
connects downtown
Almaty with a popular
recreation area at the
top of Kok Tobe (Kazakh: Көктөбе
, which means 'Green
Hill').
The Medeu, is an
outdoor speed
skating and bandy rink.
AIESECers
The Park is located in the
southern part of Almaty and
has a spectacular mountain
backdrop.
At the southern end of the
park there is a viewing and
seating area, with small
shelters
on raised mounds. There are
no shops in the park, so you
should take drinks
etc. with you, particularly on
hot days.
Sharyn Canyon is an 80 km
canyon in Kazakhstan on the Sharyn River 200 kilometres (120 mi) east
of Almaty, close to the Chinese border.
Kolsay Lakes – one of the most
beautiful places in Kazakhstan.
These lakes are located at heights
1800, 2250 and 2700 metres above
sea level. They are distinguished by
the unique mountain watershed
consisting of three natural zones and
amazing variety of rare plants and
animals.
If you were in Kazakhstan, but did not see the white Kazakh yurt on the green meadows of jaylyau, you can not feel and enjoy the real life of Kazakhs and their culture. Yurt is one of the oldest and greatest inventions of Eurasian nomads. At all times Yurt was a practical and convenient, portable accommodation.
Kazakh yurt
Kazakh cuisine Kazakh cuisine traditionally
is focused on mutton and horse meat, as well as various milk products. The cooking techniques and major ingredients have been strongly influenced by the nation's nomadic way of life. For example, most cooking techniques are aimed at long-term preservation of food. Kazakhstan cuisine includes not only traditional national Kazakhstan dishes but the best dishes of Uzbek, Russian, Tatar, Korean and other cookeries. That’s why Kazakh cuisine saving its national characteristic features has some international features.
Besbarmak, a dish consisting of boiled horse or mutton meat, is the most popular Kazakh dish. It is also called "five fingers" because of the way it is eaten. Besbarmak is usually
eaten with a boiled pasta sheet, and a meat broth called shorpa, and is traditionally served in Kazakh bowls
called kese.
Baursaks are must-have food in
every Kazakh family. Now,
baursaks are not only cooked
and eaten by the Kazakhs.
Baursaks are served to tea,
before main course, to mare’s
milk (‘kumys’), to snacks, and to
strong broth (‘sorpa’).
Most popular food
The traditional drinks are
fermented mare's milk
(kumys), camel's milk
(shubat),cow’s milk (airan),
and sheep's milkas well as its
products, kaymak(sour
cream), katyk
or ayran (buttermilk),
Demographics
Kazakh: 51.06% Russian: 33.02% Uyghur: 5.73%
Korean: 1.9% Tatar: 1.82% Ukrainian: 1.24% Others: 5.23%
Our climate is temperate continental, so you can
find every kind of weather and temperature, you have to be prepared for every case. There are a lot of differences between the 4 seasons. The coldest
month is January, the hottest is July. Average temperature by months(in Celsius)
Nauryz – Kazakh new year
Nauryz is a very important holiday for Kazakhs, which marks the beginning of a new year. It is celebrated several days starting from 21st of March, the day of
the spring equinox.
Nauryz means ‘new day’, it is celebrated in the Great
Steppes from ancient times.
Nauryz symbolizes goodness and wealth, happiness and love and a great friendship
day, since this holiday is common for many nations.
Useful phrases English Kazakh
Hello Сәлем! (Sälem!) - Сәлеметсіз бе? (Sälemetsiz be?)
How are you? Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?) Қалың қалай? (Qalıñ qalay?) Қалайсың? (Qalaisıñ?)
Reply (for example:good) Қалым жақсы (Qalım jaqsı) Жақсы (Jaqsı)
What's your name? My name is ...
Сіздің атыңыз кім? (Sizdiñ atıñız kim?) Менің атым ... (Meniñ atım ...)
Қай жердікісіз? (Qay jerdikisiz?) Мен ... (Men ...)
Pleased to meet you Танысқанымызға қуаныштымын! (Tanısqanımızğa qwanıştımın!)
Bon appetit Ас болсын! (As bolsın!) Асыңыз дәмді болсын! (Asıñız dämdi bolsın!)
Where are you from? I'm from ...
Reception programme
First week Equipment & meal price(1$=181tg) time
1.Metro guide Ticket Water or juice
80(tg) 100-150(tg)
8 p.m-10 p.m
2.President park Taxi 150-200(tg) (per person)
8 p.m-10 p.m
3.Kok Tobe Entertainment 1500-2000(tg) 7 p.m-11 p.m
4.Necafe Time spend Snacks
1200(tg) 500(tg)
8 p.m-10 p.m
5.Theatre Session price 1200(tg) 8 p.m-10 p.m
6.Bycicle Rent for a day 1000(tg) 24 hours
7.Ilsky river rafting discount 5800(tg) 7 a.m-5 p.m
Second week Equipment &
meal
price
(1$=181tg)
time
1.Bowling Discount
1 ticket
500(tg)
350(tg)
8 p.m-10 p.m
2.Panfilov or
Gorky park
Taxi
Snacks & drinks
150-200(tg)
(per person)
200-400(tg)
8 p.m-10 p.m
3.Esentai Mall Taxi 150-200(tg)
(per person)
8 p.m-11 p.m
4.Kazakh yurta Taxi
Meal
100-150(tg)
500-800(tg)
8 p.m-10 p.m
5.Arbat walk metro 80(tg) 8 p.m-10 p.m
6.Botanical
garden
Taxi 100-150(tg)
(per person)
10 a.m-3 p.m
7.Turgensky
waterfall
Price per person 3000(tg) 8 a.m-3 p.m
Third week Equipment &
meal
price
(1$=181tg)
time
1.Carting Discount
Taxi
600(tg)
100-150(tg)
8 p.m-10 p.m
2.Underground
bazaar “Almaly”
Taxi 150-200(tg)
(per person)
8 p.m-10 p.m
3.Mega
entertaining
Taxi 150-200(tg)
(per person)
8 p.m-10 p.m
4.Uzbek cafe Taxi
Meal
100-150(tg)
800-1500(tg)
8 p.m-10 p.m
5.Karaoke bar Metro/taxi
meal
80/150(tg)
1000(tg)
8 p.m-12 p.m
6.Picnic Taxi
meal
100-150(tg)
(per person)
700-1000(tg)
24 hours
7.Alma-Arasan road
meal
300(tg)
700-1000(tg)
8 a.m-3 p.m
Fourth week Equipment &
meal
price
(1$=181tg)
time
1.Next dancing Discount
Taxi
600(tg)
100-150(tg)
8 p.m-11 59 p.m
2.Fantasy park Taxi
Entertainig
150-200(tg)
(per person)
3000(tg)
8 p.m-11 59p.m
3.Opere & ballet
visit
Taxi
session
150-200(tg)
(per person)
1000(tg)
8 p.m-11 p.m
4.”Kvartira
148”cafe
Taxi
Meal
100-150(tg)
800-1500(tg)
8 p.m-10 p.m
5.Medeu walk Taxi
meal
100-150(tg)
1000(tg)
8 p.m-11 59p.m
6.Barbecue Taxi
meal
100-150(tg)
(per person)
700-1000(tg)
7 a.m-4 p.m
7.Big Almaty river
road
meal
200(tg)
500-1000(tg)
8 a.m-3 p.m
Fifth week Equipment & meal price (1$=181tg) time
1.Indian cafe Meal Taxi
(tg) 100-150(tg)
8 p.m-11 59 p.m
2.Family park Taxi Entertainig
150-200(tg) (per person) 3000(tg)
8 p.m-11 59p.m
3.Kazakh nat.music Taxi session
150-200(tg) (per person) 1000(tg)
8 p.m-11 p.m
4.Painball Taxi Meal
100-150(tg) 800-1500(tg)
8 p.m-10 p.m
5.Cooking experiment “ADK”
Taxi meal
100-150(tg) 1000(tg)
8 p.m-11 59p.m
6.Issyk fishing Taxi meal
100-150(tg) (per person) 700-1000(tg)
7 a.m-4 p.m
7.Tamgaly visit road meal
200(tg) 500-1000(tg)
8 a.m-3 p.m
Sixth week Equipment & meal price (1$=181tg) time
1.Tram cafe Meal Taxi
700-1000(tg) 100-150(tg)
8 p.m-11 p.m
2.Outside cinema Meal 1000(tg) 8 p.m-11 p.m
3.Billiard Taxi session
150-200(tg) (per person) 1000(tg)
8 p.m-10 p.m
4.Aqua park Taxi Meal Cost
100-150(tg) 800-1000(tg)
8 p.m-10 p.m
5.Kasteev museum Taxi ticket
100-150(tg) 150-300(tg)
8 p.m-10 p.m
6.Program with kids 8 a.m-3 p.m
7.Bye bye party Eq&meal 1000-1500(tg) 8 p.m-11 59 p.m
Trip to Astana
The 6th of July – The day of our capital - Astana is
the national holiday in our country.
You will have a possibility to visit Astana that day
and take part in big celebration.
The train ticket cost 75$
Team contacts
ER
coordinator
Laura
Zholdaskhan laura.zholdaskhan
@aiesec.net
OCP of
project
Diyara
Massygutova diyara.massyguto
LC VP ICX Altynbek
Tleuov altynbek.tleuov
@aiesec.net
Exchange
coordinator
Karina Pak karina.pak@aies
ec.net
OC
coordinators
Assima Nurman [email protected]
Akerke Kungazykyzy [email protected]
Anara Zhunis [email protected]
Raushan Serikzhan [email protected]
Useful links
visitalmaty.kz
advantour.com
almaty-kazakhstan.net
voxpopuli.kz
aboutkazakhstan.com
