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Thanks to the roving correspondents of the Beeb - in this case Ian MacWilliam - we're treated to some eye-opening information from little-travelled corners of the globe.
Here's his report on skiing in Kazakhstan, where the main resort of Chimbulak has three new chairlifts, and apparently enough big spenders to pay for them.
Here's some information and history of Chimbulak, from its official website.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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think I'd prefer to read rather than visit!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'll nip up there next time I'm passing.......
Flights available with Turkish Airlines via Istanbul for about £500. It would be different I guess.
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| David Goldsmith wrote: |
Here's his report on skiing in Kazakhstan, where the main resort of Chimbulak has three new chairlifts, and apparently enough big spenders to pay for them.
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Just to remind readers who care about such things that Kazakstan has an appalling human rights record. It is a country where the secret police boil people to death. You don't here too much about this side of things because they are a pro-Western regime so friends of Tony and George. Not somewhere I would visit personally.
http://hrw.org/doc/?t=europe&c=kazakh
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Good point. Rory Bremner's show last weekend had something to say about this. Here's someone who probably won't be skiing in Kazakhstan. Maybe the BBC is going to bring us some information about what is going on there at the moment.
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Not wanting to kick of a row on human rights, but would it not be to the ultimate advantage to the inhabitants if people did come from abroad to ski? With the foreign currency it brings? Resulting in pressure being applied to the goverment to improve things? Just a thought.....
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I don't think the arrival of foreign currency, as such, has much effect on human rights...if you're getting cash anyway - why change?
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I was thinking more the promise of foreign investment and all that goes with it, conditional on improvements first. The potential of international events, etc and the publicity that could bring?
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| Richard Goodliffe wrote: |
| I was thinking more the promise of foreign investment and all that goes with it, conditional on improvements first. The potential of international events, etc and the publicity that could bring? |
Yes it is a good point, more foreigners visiting a state will hopefully help it, or force it, to clean up. But I think skiers (and especially boarders  )tend to live in a cocoon. Arrive at airport, get on bus, arrive at ski resort.
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Richard - if that's what you're saying then I agree.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Human rights or not, IF global warming continues to reek havoc with the snow line in the Europe we may all have to ski in Kazakhstan within the next 50 years.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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im not sure when the last time any of you have been to kazakhstan, or when you last saw a man boiled alive in kazakhstan" but i live here as an ex-pat meaning im a Canadian citizen the people of kz are incredibly hospitable and generous people. It is a developing country and posting statements like the one below certainly do not help their situation. Im sure they have had problems, it is a former soviet country...
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johnsmith, welcome to snowheads. In a sense, welcome to Britain, where the people are unfriendly, ignorant, overly sensitive and horribly fragile. No doubt the Bits could learn a lot from the people of Kz.
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You know it makes sense.
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johnsmith, welcome to snowHeads. Hope you enjoy the forum. Don't worry, not all the people here are as rude as PJSki  What's the skiing like in Kazakhstan? There would be lots of us who would love to know, even if visiting there is unlikely.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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rob@rar, why do you go briefing new people against me? Nothing better to do with your life?
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Poster: A snowHead
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| PJSki wrote: |
| rob@rar, why do you go briefing new people against me? Nothing better to do with your life? |
Sometimes when people open a door for you, you just have to walk through. Stop opening doors would be my advice to you...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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PJSki, don't be so reactive, step back and look at your past record on here under all your well known pseudonyms.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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johnsmith, welcome to snowHeads, where not everybody is xenophobic and/or rude. At least it would seem that the person who provoked your first post (which I guess arose from your having searched 'Kazakhstan'  ) is not a frequent poster.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Boredsurfing wrote: |
| PJSki, all your well known pseudonyms. |
what would those be so i know when to switch off?
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Frosty the Snowman, and here i was wondering if one was Fr0sty the Sn0wman
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