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The park of the First President of Kazakhstan in Almaty.

'Very nice!': Tourist board of ridiculed Kazakhstan embraces Borat catchphrase

The ex-Soviet state of Kazakhstan has embraced the joke and adopted Borat's catch phrase to try to attract tourists.

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FlyDubai Boeing 737-800s takes off.

Airline review: Bizarre inflight service for this short, no-frills flight

Dubai to Almaty with FlyDubai: Keep your expectations low to avoid disappointment.

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Belinda Jackson
Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Why this former capital is nothing less than amazing

What is this place? What is this city like? What makes its people tick? And now I've gained a tiny window into its citizens' lives.

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Nazarbayev Centre.

The baffling city that wants to become the next Dubai

Welcome to Astana, Kazakhstan. Welcome to a strange and fascinating city...

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The Kay Munay Gaz building and the Bayterek monument, Astana.

What it's really like to travel in the home of Borat

It's strange to be here and to see this place and its people and to know that they're real. This is the home of Borat. And the joke is on them.

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Orthodox church in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

City you've never heard of about to become world's hottest destination

Sure, this city is not on many people's bucket lists, but that might be about to change.

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Hugh Morris
Cosmic fashion ... space suits on display at the Kennedy Space Centre.

Across the final frontier

David Whitley launches himself on an exploration of the universe with feet firmly on Earth.

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