After 48 hours of being in airpots and airplanes, we arrived in Astana, Kazakhstan, about 5:40 am Kazak time, which is 12 hours ahead of home. we were in an apt for 5 days overlooking the city and river. these next three pictures is a panarama of what we could see out our window 8 floors up. A beautiful city. Kids swimming in the river on the far shore. The first night we stayed there there was fireworks, they must have known we were coming.