The city of Astana, Kazakhstan has some amazing architecture. Kazakhstan was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and declared its independence in 1991. The city of Astana used to be a small settlement named Akmoly. In 1998, the city was renamed Astana, which means “capital” in the Kazakh language and, as the […]
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Four Perspectives of the Philippines in Three Weeks
During our three weeks in the Philippines, we got to experience four very distinct areas and manners of living. We stayed in private homes for our entire visit, no hotels at all. So far, we have just a glimpse of this nation of 100 million people, but during our visit, we got to experience: Metro […]