Borat Was A Lie! THIS Is Kazakhstan! (#200)

There may be no country more misunderstood than KAZAKHSTAN. It’s international image was defined by a comedy film released 20 years ago. Borat left many people thinking Kazakhstan was some backwater nation in Eastern Europe that holds a Running of the Jew festival every year.

BUT THAT IS NOT KAZAKHSTAN! 🇰🇿

Kazakhs have way more in common with the Mongols than they do with Borat. They’re a tough people who survived life out on the brutally cold Central Asian steppes, and then decades of destruction under the Soviet Union. They speak Russian, but their native language is from the same language family as Turkish. Many look like Koreans. And the economy is booming! Kazakhstan may not be fully developed yet, but it’s far from poor.

So join me in discovering this HUGE, mysterious nation right in the middle of Asia. Watch as we explore Astana, the entirely new city built by Kazakhstan’s former leader Nursultan (who apparently would make a great adult film star) on the steppe, and also Almaty, the former capital. Experience the Nomad Games and horse archers and horse meat and horseplay of all sorts. We shall cross the entirety of Kazakhstan from north to south, and I can’t wait.

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