Today, since the Babyhouse is closed to visitors on Sunday, we took an excursion toward the mountains. We went up to 5000 meters, Almaty is at 1000 meters. We passed a sports venue that is being renovated for the 2011 Asian World Games. We parked above the dam and walked/hiked down to the river that comes from the mountains. The water was freezing! We saw lots of people along the way enjoying the outdoors and it seemed as if some people were camping out near the river.
Afterwards, our driver, Dima, took us to the Ramstore which is like a small mall. There is a small food court, a small ice skating rink, some upscale shops and a nice supermarket. The toy store was extremely expensive so we plan to go to the Green Market/Bazaar this week to find items that are cheaper. We stocked up on water, Coca Light, some snacks and a few balls to bring to the Babyhouse. All in all, it was nice today to get out of our hotel room , enjoy the beautiful scenery and just walk around.
Here are some pictures from our excursion, but our camera can not capture the true beauty of the mountains and trees.
There were like a million ladybugs flying all over the place, I have never seen so many ladybugs in all my life!
Hubby with our driver this day, Dima.
Dima told us this is Kazakh tradition to make wish.
Tourist picture with national bird.
Ramstore
Small food court where I bought an ice cream from Baskin Robbins for 550 Tenge which is about $3.60.
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