The BEST day trip from Almaty, Kazakhstan? 🇰🇿 Almaty Travel Vlog 2024

Country 59 - Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
Join us on our second day exploring Almaty, Kazakhstan. We visit the world's highest ice rink - Medeu and Shymbulak ski resort. We saw this place on a UK TV show a few years ago and said we wanted to visit... and we made it!
This is definitely a worth while day trip from Almaty, and the surprise hike we ended up doing was worth it for the views.
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[@moonman1612]

to be honest we were not influenced by Chinese culture, we have more of a nomadic and central Asian culture

[@AshAndDan.]

Thanks! This was our first time visiting Central Asia so we had never experienced this kind of culture before

[@moonman1612]

@@AshAndDan.ок

[@maxh7637]

​@@AshAndDan.Never tell a Kazakh or any Central Asian they're influenced by China.

[@Atymtayeva]

@@maxh7637100%

[@Shifftee]

I agree, even though we live right next to each other, the cultural differences between us are quite tremendous

[@imran6616]

It's a beautiful country

[@AshAndDan.]

It really is 😍

[@dastanalshev475]

Welcome to Kazakhstan guys 🇰🇿

[@AshAndDan.]

Thank you 🇰🇿❤️

[@user-gl1lc3je1z]

Enjoy exploring the world

[@AshAndDan.]

Thank you ❤️

[@BibaBoba99]

I guess you were here like several months ago, but anyway welcome and I hope you enjoyed our city!

[@AshAndDan.]

Yes we were here in April time, we are a little delayed in getting our vlogs out 😅 but we really enjoyed Almaty and overall everything about Kazakhstan 🥰

[@keteket]

​​@@AshAndDan. You guys are so cool. I wish you a great trip🇰🇿🫶

[@rmk5832]

​@@AshAndDan.Рахмет сізге Қазақстаннан!🇰🇿

[@rozak4511]

Пирожок с картошкой это скорее привет из советского прошлого. Смесь культур народов СССР. Благодаря этому настолько разнообразная кухня. Еще это последствие депортации немцев, корейцев, турок, чеченцев, а также освоения целинных земель. Сейчас многие уехали на историческую родину.

[@makenze777]

14:28 on Medeo, this staircase is called the “ladder of health”

[@AshAndDan.]

Haha, we can see why - walking up there is like a big workout!

[@nureke-dp1nw]

About 10 years ago Prince Harry of the UK and his fiance or girlfriend at the time spent their holidays there at Shymbulak Ski Resort. Have a great time in Almaty!

[@AshAndDan.]

Ah very interesting, didn't know this! We loved our time in Almaty, such an interesting city, with a relaxed feel about it. Thank you for watching 😄

[@reys.6156]

@@AshAndDan. Yep, and also using Kazakhstan's military helicopter for their private holiday, and thus on taxpayer's money.

[@Gilgitiboy619.]

🖤🥀great video guys happy journey

[@AshAndDan.]

Thank you ☺️❤️

[@Appleman291]

Great video guys, i miss Almaty

[@AshAndDan.]

Thanks so much! It’s an awesome city we loved it 😄

[@--myopinion4176]

Welcome to Kazakhstan😘

[@AshAndDan.]

Thank you 😄

[@ukessex]

13:10 it's used for roller skating in the evening during the summer time. The skating season starts mid November and lasts mid April

[@AshAndDan.]

Thanks for sharing this! Would love to go back and ice skate there 🇰🇿

[@9zetsu]

It's so funny watching you communicate 😂. People trying to tell you something and you're like yeah whatever you say

[@AshAndDan.]

😂😂 we really need to learn Kazakh 🇰🇿

[@Gilavani]

Вы стоите прям у входа там, где самые вкусные торты, десерты и выпечка, а наискосок через дорогу один из самых вкусных донер в городе.

[@georgelser1472]

Cute Scottish couple. Hi from Astana

[@AshAndDan.]

Thank you 😊 and hello! We really enjoyed being in your city ❤️

[@asd_sammy8241]

Вы классные) Очень жаль что не поднялись дальше до самого верха будем надеяться на следующий визит)

[@anzeiyahikari6418]

There are 124 nations living in our country, so not everywhere you can find specifically Kazakh national food. For example, what you ate for breakfast is not Kazakh. There was baursak on the counter, that's ours. It's fried dough, but without filling. Also you can't buy something with horse meat everywhere, especially if it's cheap, since it's the most expensive meat

[@AshAndDan.]

Thanks for this info, at the time we didn't know this but we slowly learn as we explore the country 😊

[@prathameshsawant8198]

Hi can you share your social media page I will be visiting in oct has some questions, if you can help that will be great

[@oxygenwaste747]

Hey,I'm glad that you enjoyed!I'm from kz but always wanted to go to Edinburgh😮😅Also we have the european side of kz(wwst kazakhstan) which has the most european town called Uralsk.Also the Atyrau is a transcontinental town dividing europe and asia by Ural:)

[@AshAndDan.]

Thank you, we really did! Almaty is such a cool city 😄 we do have quite a few more Kazak vlogs still to come - it's such a huge country but we think we did a good job visiting a few spots during our trip 😉 Edinburgh is a super cool city, hopefully you get to visit sometime!

[@CanafYerHasan]

Thank you for the kind review, always enjoy life, good luck to you!!

[@AshAndDan.]

Thanks for watching!😊

[@Nur-vh8ex]

Nice vlog ! 👍 Welcome to 🇰🇿

[@AshAndDan.]

Thank you! ☺️

[@KanatLS]

There is another cable car lane that goes to the very top, there are places to eat and a number of hotel chalets over there, and the sign that indicates the height. I think it is 3200 meters high

[@Nazgul_psy_]

So happy to see your happy faces, made get off my sofa and go to Chimbulak. Only 30 min drive from my place, made me realise I don’t appreciate it at all

[@AshAndDan.]

Ah thats so cool! We loved our visit here, it’s such a beautiful spot 😍 hope you enjoyed 👍

[@ChunDingo]

Great video guys! Just out of curiousity how easy is it to get from Almaty to Aktau (I'm planning a trip from Urumqi -- Almaty -- Aktau --> Baku with the intention to get to turkey... thanks!

[@user-gl1lc3je1z]

Just take tickets for aircraft, railway (non recommend coz to far) or if you you are really crazy than take a rental car or go by taxi 😂

[@AshAndDan.]

We did look at doing this route ourselves although our plans changed. Ofcourse you can do it the easy way and take the direct flight. However, we loved the Kazakh railway system so would recommend the train- even though it is a 45 hour + journey 😮

[@user-gl1lc3je1z]

@@AshAndDan. Actually, i think that will be good for you if you next stop/city will be Shymkent, than Turkestan, than could be Kyzylorda and after Aktay. This option can give some experience of traveling in south part of KZ. There is a lotcolor of domestic/real life coz those city's is not so popular for tourists

[@JonSnowIII-p2p]

Welcome to Kazakhstan, guys! I hope you have only had good experience in our country! 🇰🇿❤️

[@AshAndDan.]

Thank you! Yes we loved it 🥰

[@woohoo8179]

Привет испанцы, добро пожаловать. Эспаниоль.

[@AshAndDan.]

Close but we are from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😄

[@mwali7254]

May Allah bless you both and miss the Pakistani vlog a lot ❤

[@artemboyarchuk9181]

Welcome!

[@user-xl6ku1ej7m]

Hello, I am from Kazakhstan and I do not recommend eating from street food stalls. It is better to eat in cafes and delicatessens.

[@AshAndDan.]

Oh really?

[@maratmaratov3989]

@@AshAndDan.it’s unsafe to eat in such kiosk places and they are not tasty at all. Food poisoning is often there. You should have tried good fancy cafes and restaurants in downtown but not in suburbs. Pinta is also awful place to eat. There are many cool modern places to eat in upper part of Almaty.

[@user-on7jr2zl1t]

​​@@maratmaratov3989так ты назови тогда какие места по твоему хорошие, которые хорошо смогли бы описать Казахстан. Всякие модные западные франшизы по типу старбакса их явно не интересуют, у них там этого полно. Обычно страну познают по стритфуду, как они и сделали с этими киосками

[@askyuoi]

@@user-on7jr2zl1t AYUL RESTAURANT for starters... we have a lot authentic cafes, seems like u don't go out much

[@yermektoleubayev]

@@maratmaratov3989 fuck off, you're not welcome here!!!

[@wolverinescratch]

Hopefully we'll get some Kazakhstan followers to tell us more about this country

[@AshAndDan.]

Fingers crossed! It’s such a fascinating country 🇰🇿

[@mrbelton1871]

Its intresting for local guy (like me) to have a look at the city with the eyes of foreigners. You are right! Kazakhstan located between Europe ans Asia, thats why we had influence from both sides. However, we dont have nothing common with chinese or any other SE asian cultures. I would call it eurasian culture.

[@AshAndDan.]

Ah yes, Eurasian is the best way to describe it! We really enjoyed the cultural mix. It's such an interesting country and so far it's been an awesome trip! We look forward to sharing the rest of our adventure

[@user-hp3js5xr4m]

Hey you choose the wrong pastries to breakfast Our pastries more have a fat, it's only for lunch or dinner, a lot of our food and cusine more contain fat, be careful 😁

[@AshAndDan.]

Ah woops, we still don’t know what the pastry Ash had with the meat but they were tasty 🤤

[@anzeiyahikari6418]

@@AshAndDan. it was chicken

[@user-rq2ob1yr8z]

Привет из Алматы! Добро пожаловать! 👋

[@AshAndDan.]

Rahkmet 🇰🇿❤️

[@niko9niko462]

Тамаша

[@AshAndDan.]

Thank you very much😁 lots more adventures around Kazakhstan to come!

[@Atymtayeva]

Welcome to Almaty 😊

[@AshAndDan.]

Thank you 😄

[@warfaceman8540]

So nice😂😂

[@JanoelMaximilian.]

Central Asian or Turkic culture is a unique culture. Historically, it so happened that the Turks in a unique way became a people with a mixed culture. The Turks from Europe interacted with Russians, Ukrainians, Serbs, Bulgarians, Hungarians, Greeks, Armenians, Georgians, Caucasians, Romanians. They especially interacted with Russians and Ukrainians. So historically and culturally it happened that the Russians are the most Turkicized Slavs, in the culture, language of the Russians there is a lot of Turkic influence. Almost all Russians have considerable Turkic roots. There are also purely European Turks. These are Hungarians and Bulgarians. Both are Turks by origin and blood. Also, do not be surprised if you see a Kazakh with an appearance similar to, for example, an Englishman or a Korean. The Kazakhs are a huge union of tribes, the Kazakhs include tribes of different origins. They are united by a very similar language (dialect), culture, customs, mentality, self-awareness. Yes, there are visible differences between Western and Southern, Northern and Southern Kazakhs. But they do not cease to be Kazakhs.😅

[@AshAndDan.]

Thanks for sharing!

[@sattadyaus]

Bullshit!

[@alfialambert5777]

horse meat is too expensive for this kind of snack!!

[@AshAndDan.]

Ah ok, so maybe it was something else haha!

[@BibaBoba99]

@@AshAndDan. It was just chicken, but different parts, BUT it could be a mixed samsa: chicken, cheese and beef/lamb.

[@AshAndDan.]

Ah ok, I think the darker colour of meat threw me off! Thanks for your comment ☺️

[@yermektoleubayev]

Looks like you ate some PIROZHKI with something?

[@AshAndDan.]

Yes, I think it was potato inside

[@rozak4511]

Да, продавец тоже сказала, что пирожок с картошкой 😊

[@oljikman4788]

🥰

[@Aldiyar962]

В солнцезащитных очках наблюдают за красотой природы😂

[@Bonniekitti]

👍👍👍

[@prostoname5338]

I think they give women a straw because local girls do wear lots of make up when they go clubbing and pubbing, so it’s more convenient for them.

[@AshAndDan.]

It's interesting, I never had this happen before. Back home often we get straws in certain drinks - cocktails or mixers but you would never see a beer with a straw in it! I understand if this is the reason though, it makes sense 😊

[@ssou6685]

Орыс тілі уақытша құбылыс көп ұзамай бәрі Қазақша болады міндетті түрде.

[@АйгульЕлеуова-ы6з]

Әрине! Әмин👏🇰🇿

[@Finally23]

Amin, Allah kalasa✊🏼!

[@zhanzhak3746]

Ержан, проснись! Ты обосрался!

[@Mir_327]

Ага,мечтай

[@textyre]

Да не трясись ты так

[@user-yf9to9em4b]

Ми😂😂 вышый раса! Нам кюшать надо! Дай лепёшку 😂😂😂

[@user-yf9to9em4b]

😂😂 ай нид лепешка ай нид кушать 😂😂😂 плиз

[@user-yf9to9em4b]

😂 я тоже так могу

[@argabid5897]

All is fine, but being in Kazakstan say Rakhmet instead of Spasibo

[@AshAndDan.]

Thanks you for this, we were a little unsure to begin as we read that both Russian and Kazakh were spoken but we did eventually learn that Rakhmet was the Kazakh way 😄

[@DD_Etoya]

Ооо, в начале видео показали район, где я живу 😊 рядом продают самые вкусные лепешки в городе😆 трубочка для пива очень важна, когда ты красиво накрасилась и хочешь вести себя ищящно и жеманно, а парень взял тебя в пивную, а не в бар с коктейлями 😂

[@AshAndDan.]

Ah we had our apartment near this area, it was so nice! 😊 We had never heard of beer straws before, it would be unusual to get one back home in the UK but I understand the reason for it now you explain, thank you 😄

[@user-vl2yl3se3q]

Welcome guys

[@AshAndDan.]

Thank you! ☺️🇰🇿❤️

[@warfaceman8540]

велком в казахстан

[@AshAndDan.]

рахмет 😄

[@LifeBitebyKat]

Which month was this? :)

[@AshAndDan.]

We visited in April this year 😊

[@Astepia]

Will you travel to China?❤

[@AshAndDan.]

Not yet but we hope to visit in the future 👍

[@user-lx8ed2yx3o]

Что они не похожи на иностранцев! 😅😅😅😅как будто русские или украинцы прикинутые под иностров!😅😅😅😅что то мне подсказывает даже несмотря на знание хорошего англ.это не предел как нужно выучить язык!😅😅😅

[@user-ob4el1rp2b]

"this is Almaty?" может быть. Правильнее будет "Is this Almaty?" на превью написано "this is Almaty?" с вопросительным знаком. Обычно в таком случае в вопросе ставится "is" перед "this"

[@mirashg8625]

И так, и так говорят.

[@user-ob4el1rp2b]

@@mirashg8625 но это же будет неуместным и ошибочным

[@mirashg8625]

@@user-ob4el1rp2b это просто риторический вопрос. Дело не в грамматике.

[@anaraitkaliyeva8863]

На грамматике зациклены только люди с постсоветских стран, потому что нас штудировали по правилам не давая практики, иностранцы не заморачиватются насчёт правил и просто разговаривают

[@user-yf9to9em4b]

Если не русские прощу прощения! I'm sorry?

[@AshAndDan.]

We are not Russian, we are from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@woohoo8179]

Печёра печёра

[@elizabethl7391]

Good video but showing too much the youtuber face is abit disturbing destrubtibg the views

[@biranflawn4718]

Казахстан - деревня!!!

[@commercialcomment]

Hello 👋 деревня !

[@askyuoi]

aint no way yall go blind travelling, maybe doing some research before going on a trip could make yall life easier. I'm watching this and dying from not knowing how yall still survived to this point on travelling. could even find someone local to help yall experience the country, every person would be down to show

[@askyuoi]

saying this as a low budget traveller myself

[@askyuoi]

pro tip- if u guys really need some advice from a local one on the street, ask someone at the center, someone who most likely to be gayish, dressed really nice, they aremost likely speaks English and will suggest some cool places to visit (must have places even)

[@AshAndDan.]

We have always been happy just making our own way around and having done a little research beforehand then just figuring out the rest as we go 👍maybe sometimes it works and sometimes not but thanks for the tips!

[@user-yf9to9em4b]

😂это русские притворились американцами

[@ҚасСақ]

Kazakhstan❌️ Qazaqstan✅️

[@AshAndDan.]

We saw this way of spelling while we were there but didn’t know the reason for it? Very interesting 👍

[@ҚасСақ]

​@@AshAndDan. Просто посмотри герб моеи страны, кирилицей Қазақстан а латиницей будет Qazaqstan, это как и в англиском языке, поменять одну букву в слове и смысл меняется, dad death

[@almaskayyrbek4981]

We not mix china's!!!Dont say that!!!!We not Soviet and russian!!!!We Turk athnos qazaq national!!!!!We Golden Hord!!!!!

[@montewyn4810]

причина тряски?

[@sattadyaus]

Golden horde its mongols. You mongol?😂

[@ЕрланИгенбаев-ы3ъ]

🇰🇿👍

[@user-QazaqNomad]

Қазақ тілін жаттаңыздар. Орыс тілін рессейде жаттарсыздар