Exploring Big Almaty Lake + Shymbulak | Kazakhstan Local Travel Tips

[@Reporterfy]

Great to see someone covering an unknown country. Beautiful video well done.

[@roelheijmans]

If you would've told me you were in Austria I would have believed you too. Stunningly beautiful there in Kazakhstan, wow!

[@AlinaMcleod]

I know right?! Very different landscape.

[@Hicks-g1m]

That place looks really cool looks similar to some places in Canada

[@Timurlane100]

Okay, your Kazakhstan videos have caused me to add it to my bucket list. Thanks. ;-)

[@AlinaMcleod]

Haha Im so glad!

[@kilpel2]

Really enjoyed the video Alina. The desert and the heat can definitely wear you down. Smart choice. Those mountains look similar to some I have seen out west in Utah and Montana. Absolutely stunning!

[@jayalexander121]

Kazakhstan looks more developed than I thought it would be! Hope you are enjoying your travels, Alina ❤️

[@bauerjan7887]

I guess, it was caused by ignorance.

[@jayalexander121]

@@bauerjan7887 not ignorance, just from what I have seen before

[@chingis83]

@@jayalexander121 What have you seen before? Did you visit Kazakhstan before?

[@gupta__g]

@@chingis83 He watched Borat, probably

[@michaelwalters7333]

Wow, Beautiful Country / Thanks for Taking Us

[@mrashleybrown]

Alina thank you for your blogs. I was in Kazakhstan for the last four and a half years working as a geologist. I am based in Toronto although I come from Ireland originally and spent 22 years in Africa (Namibia, South Africa, Ghana and Mali) before coming to Canada. Thank you for your blogs which are very interesting.

[@kevinb8881]

Hey beautiful, wow, yeah, these mountainous regions are VERY impressive, OMG!!!🏞🙂❤

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

so marvelously spectacularly amazing landscape 😲 ⛰🏔🗻🏕

[@johngonzalez4298]

Beautiful ❤

[@kaffeetrinker2710]

So I have four times advertisement viewed and clicked. That must be at least one coffee in Almaty now. 😋😍

[@satyammishra5825]

Very beautiful place and nice presentation by you... Thank you for showing such a scenery 💓

[@GreatCityAttractions]

what a great looking place - well done once again Alina.

[@dsteve54]

I always look forward to your videolog entries. Good luck on the next portion of your trip (I am an introvert too). Keep being your own kind of beautiful!!!!

[@emmansdonald7380]

Thank you for the interesting day trip from Almaty .I can relate to one of your closing comments : as an introvert ,I too need some alone time to recharge .

[@S.Lim_Innovations2LC]

It's another beautiful place, Alina. Very nice snowboarding resort, hiking trails must be spectacular. Love your music pick. Keeping you my kind of beautiful. 😉 Have a wonderful trip. Thumbs up!! 👍👍

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you!

[@Leon-bl9zr]

Лучше гор могут быть только горы, на которых еще не бывал. (В.С.Высоцкий)

[@AlinaMcleod]

True!

[@AndySnow]

*10:22** Бешбармак моё любимое блюдо!*

[@oralmukai9376]

Тамаша саяхат екен табиғат айасында !🌹🌺👍

[@chanchaniceman]

Your recent content alone is definitely enough to put Kazakhstan in the bucket list

[@AlinaMcleod]

I’m very glad!

[@Avarua59]

Wow - amazing place and really great video footage. What was the song at 7:04?

[@BelusTraveller]

Every time I’m in the East I feel at home, I blame my blood, Love the Spring. Be Safe Canada 🇨🇦, 😊😊😊😊😊,

[@Gamingpro-un1kq]

Amazing video you should also visited some countries like turkey, Indonesia New Zealand etc

[@AlinaMcleod]

I've been to NZ and it was amazing. Might be going to Turkey later on this trip!

[@zamstudy]

Wow ... beautiful ... I mean, the green eyes ... Kazakhstan also.

[@debashischoudhury5020]

I love to watch your blogs.

[@donquixote6859]

Beautiful sights... especially Almaty Lake reminds me Lake Tahoe in California (Ski Resorts, MOuntains etc.). Looking forward to your next video. Oh... stop being wishy washy find your Dad.

[@rudolfkasanpawiro644]

Beautiful place. Beautiful lake sweet host. Reasons to be thankful.

[@Jasonhappy73]

Alina. healthily enjoy your trip. Thank you for good information.

[@Jasonhappy73]

Reply Thank you very much. Have a great day.

[@lesg5260]

Beautiful part of the world! Alina, are you also planning a trip to Kyrgyzstan? Apparently it's quite beautiful too.

[@AlinaMcleod]

I was actually hoping to, but because I was flying into Almaty (near it) and then out of Astana (far away) I decided to not do it this trip because it’d cause me to leave the country right away and then re enter. I know it probably would’ve been fine, but I just didn’t want to take a chance to miss a flight.

[@daddybobb41]

I notice that in restaurants there only a couple of tables in use in large restaurants.

[@exonenergy9535]

Awesome place! Hi I just started watching your channel, big fan & good music selection too Good job on your" real talks " videos I enjoyed them Storytimes too & the one where you were speaking russian! I also wanted to be an astronaut when growing up lol

[@AlinaMcleod]

That’s awesome! I think the idea of being an astronaut is a lot better and easier than the reality lol.

[@exonenergy9535]

@@AlinaMcleod:) your right* My name is Alan good meeting you.. I have 2 "Trip suggestion for your next trip 1 *Puerto morelos (Quintana roo) Mexico & *Cabos Mexico :)) I'm gonna be moving their the hole winter! go visit me lol We can become explorers together, thats close enough to astronauts

[@ruturajpandya5305]

Lovely video ma'am. U r amazing. We cant dare to do such things

[@rydellybanez]

Awesome video! As a snowboarder its definitely a place I want to go to now...do you know if you can stay at the lodge there?

[@AlinaMcleod]

Not for accommodation if that’s what you mean. My understanding is you stay in Almaty and then drive up there.

[@ijaggerstube]

Yes. They have 1 hotel on the first level and another one on the second. So you can stay there and ski as much as you want for a reasonable price. Just google shymbulak resort, or S.N.e.G hotel at booking.com

[@AlinaMcleod]

Actually I take that back! Now I do remember there were some lodges near the area. Don't know about whether they're public or private, but the possibility is there!

[@Andrey-Lyan]

Very beautiful place,I went there in 2013,what is the next country you want to go???

[@AlinaMcleod]

Now in Russia!

[@markp448]

Your endeavors are inspiring.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you!

[@worthyqazaq3415]

Привет, Алина! Обязательно приезжай покататься на лыжах и сноуборде! Уверен тебе понравится и тем более к тебя уже есть в Алматы хорошая новая знакомая Валентина)))

[@hassanqureshi7477]

Beautiful.... Looks like galgit...and chitral ... Pakistan...

[@alexgomes8874]

Hello alina mcleod , good night i love local travel lind tips!!!

[@rohitrp2557]

Hi, Which month of the year have you visited Almaty?

[@Ajajambo]

Best time to go is End of September, the weather is nice. I juts came back last week and it was an averag of 19C everyday

[@salmanokay4263]

Wao fantastic

[@Dimitrius1]

I’d love to travel around the world just like you

[@ppatel7755]

Superb coverage Dear. Keep it up...is there any night life in Almaty.... please let me know...

[@AlinaMcleod]

There definitely is some nightclubs that I saw and nice restaurant/bar scene too. I'm not a big club person though so can't say I know a lot about it!

[@rahulrasam]

Fabulous video, I've found this series enlightening so far! The color of the lake is stunning and one of a kind- is there a specific reason for this? PS: A big thank you to Valentina! It's great learning from a local perspective 👍🏼

[@AlinaMcleod]

It is such a unique experience! You know, it's strange because I can't seem to find the answer of why it is the color it is. Overall it just says the color changes throughout the year. I assume it's because of some kind of sediment in the mountains. And yes, so nice to have a local perspective! I'll have many more amazing locals on this trip :)

[@jayantajithazarika2619]

Dear Alina, Thank you very much for your nice video. With lots of love and regards, Jayantàda, 21/12/2021

[@laineslowski]

I'm impressed that you ate horse meat! Not sure I could bring myself to do it as I'd probably think about our pet horses on the farm 😅

[@AlinaMcleod]

It was definitely weird 🥲

[@justinnickovtime]

What's the name of the song @ 7:03?

[@AlinaMcleod]

I was a music service called Epidemic Sound and the song is Two Different Worlds.

[@kazakhstanreactions9213]

Omg, your eyes are stunning! I cannot believe you made 8 videos about Kazakhstan! I have a yt channel too, it would be really really cool if you could make a video about your experience in kz! It can be english, but my primary audience are kazakhs, so I will edit it and add the subtitles. Let me know!!

[@jameskoralewski296]

If you like turquoise-colored water, you need to take a drive from Miami to Key West through the Florida Keys. All the water there is turquoise except way out in the deeper water away from all the bridges. There is one bridge there that is 7 miles long.

[@SlavicUnionGaming]

How are you doing Alina??

[@AlinaMcleod]

Doing great! The trip has been going even better than I thought.

[@katemccrew]

how did you get to Shymbalak? Car or bus? Can you get there by bus and use public transport ?

[@AlinaMcleod]

You can do either! There’s a city bus that goes there for sure.

[@mahardikataruna2724]

Hello Alina how to get to Big Lake from Almaty city?

[@AlinaMcleod]

I'd recommend either getting on a tour or hiring a taxi since it's about an hour drive from downtown.

[@mahardikataruna2724]

@@AlinaMcleod thank you its nice how about the tour price?

[@gugildak12]

Living on a mountain like this adds 10 years to your life expectancy. Thanks to Pure Clean Air

[@goldenboyi1989]

Its fantastic seeing a girl traveling alone and its a break from the usual copy paste travel couple which has become so synonymous with youtube.This is more authentic and real

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you! I think a person always gets a lot out of solo travel.

[@Svetlana-says-it-as-it-is.]

Hard to keep your vege/veganism in some places. I got some very understanding waiters in Central Asia though. Astana or Nur- Sultan was much cooler. When I went to Astana as it was still called back then there weren’t many tours available and the weather didn’t help either. Now I see tons of them and many are still a bit expensive.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Yeah veganism in Kazakhstan restaurants is not easily understood or accessible at this point in time. The tours for English speaking people are very limited right now because there doesn't seem to be enough demand (hopefully that changes), but if you're Russian speaking (which I think the majority of their tourism is) there is plenty and for very good prices.

[@vhinsagcal207]

Strass vee,-Tyeh my dear alina Wooowww what s super beautiful.place of Shimbulak,Kazakhstan Woowww I'm speechless fantastic overview mountains, its a masterpiece Strass -vee-Tyeh to your friend Valentina nice lake of Almaty thanks for your nice video ms.alina keep safe and you look beautiful as always more blessings to you.my dear alina nice food market and sweet delicous chocolate SpaSEEba ms.Alina. from your solid fan viewer.supporter sir vhin from the Philippines 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💕💕💖💟💞💞💞💞🙏🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇😇☺😊😊😊😊

[@nur-sultankazakhstan1015]

В столицу Казахстана город Нур-Султан зимой приезжай, в шоке будешь! Морозы сорока градусные с сильным порывистым ветром!!!

[@valihan7772]

Алина привет зимой приезжай

[@rodg011]

Daneliya Tuleshova is what peak my curiosity about this country

[@ruturajpandya5305]

Your voice is amazing ma'am

[@daan8336]

It's really cool to hear you converse in Russian. Would you consider doing a full-Russian vlog once? (With English subtitles of course.) Almaty seems like a breath-taking place to travel through - even literally haha. Hope you'll get a proper rest in Nur-Sultan!

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you! I actually did one full one before I went on this trip, just like a get to know me, but I'll definitely be doing more on this trip. It just takes quite a bit of extra work to do all the subtitles.

[@gugildak12]

Most modern country of Turkish states of old USSR. I'm adding here to my visit list. Thanks Alina. Also in the movie "Borat", the man is from Kazakhstan.

[@gugildak12]

@@luvaxok. I admit that. Anatolian turkish is mixed with turkish arabic and persian. And etnically multicultural. But language of kazak turks i the most similar to anatolian turkish after azerbaijan turkish.

[@maratmaratov3989]

aytin horasan@Kazakh language is the most unchanged Turkic language, it means less foreign influence and words compare to other turkic languages. Territory of Kazakhstan ( the great steppes ) is the motherland for all turkic nations and the city of Turkistan in south of Kazakhstan is the main place for all turkic people.

[@kazagulu]

Borat isn't from Kazakhstan.

[@kaffeetrinker2710]

The third ad says I have a super brain. Mr. brain ....🤣

[@eliadbaruch2458]

Kazakhstan seems to be amazing. so you convinced me that next time you will call me and we set a date in Almaty.

[@watcher6935]

👍❤️

[@789-z7v]

beautiful, and you beautiful

[@kaffeetrinker2710]

The second ad says I should fly with turkish airways. I get my own cook and my own stewardess. 😳

[@Svetlana-says-it-as-it-is.]

Kaffeetrinker Turkish Airlines. Really, I have used Turkish Airlines many times. Yes, there is a chef on board but no you don’t get your own air stewardess for yourself you get a few for everybody or maybe just one for the business class.

[@aidoszhumabek3958]

10:42 just she can’t cook “beshbarmak” as well as kazakh women, I’m not nationalist, but you should try another beshbarmak which made by kazakh people

[@kaffeetrinker2710]

The 1. ad says, I need to simplify how my brain works. 🙄

[@Leg8las]

I'm from west KZ Atyrau, here is nothing much to see no infrastructure, because all the oil money goes to Astana, so sad that all the oil is developing in west

[@Dimash1975]

Gosh, you're sooo beautiful!

[@kaffeetrinker2710]

4. ad .... I think you are very modest, but you really want to change that. We always collect the money of the people .... 😂... People do not have time to spend seven years on therapy. ... 😫

[@SlavicUnionGaming]

Luckily those aren't ski lifts!

[@ericsaiduldin6069]

Valentine is absolutely Soviet style Russian, not really Almatinian.

[@kazagulu]

not soviet style.

[@courcheval]

All that zone will soon replace russian by chinese, as a consequence of the Silk Road project.

[@sonic3932]

Wtf

[@kazagulu]

No no no