First Impressions of Almaty, Kazakhstan | Having HORSE Meat Pasta in Central Asia

We went to ALMATY, Kazakhstan during our Central Asia trip under 50,000 Indian Rupees. We started our day at the Green Bazar, then made our way to have a lovely Kazakh breakfast and then to the 28 Panfilov Park. We also took a gondola up the Kok Tobe top. Finally the horse meat pasta - Beshbarmak filled with horse meat, was incredible.

We budget travelled across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in our recent Central Asia trip. In less than 50,000 Indian Rupees or around 500 Euros (excluding flights), we did this adventurous trip with decent hotels and some day tours. We stayed at Almaty, Bishkek, Khujand, Tashkent and Samarkand in this trip.

We were 4 of us - the two of us joined in from France (we had a long route from Nice to Rome and then from Rome to Istanbul and finally Istanbul to Almaty) and our family joined us from Kolkata, India with a layover in Delhi. This is why we excluded the flight price in our budget of 50,000 Indian Rupees above - exact cost was 47,900 Indian Rupees. So just add the flight price to this budget and you will have an idea of the entire expense.

About Us:

We are Shalini and Subham, an Indian couple living in France and we love to travel. We have a goal of visiting as many places as we can, and explore each place to the best we can. We have day jobs but we travel whenever we can; weekends, sometimes weekdays with our laptops in our backpacks, anytime we can.