Welcome to Kazakhstan!

I made it! My camera(s) didn't, so I made friends PDQ and borrowed a Samsung number to see me through my first days here!

It's been a while! Last time I checked in, I was p*ssed in St.Pete's. Seems like yonks ago already. A quick re-cap of my last few days in Mockba (for my own diary and future ref!)

-I didn't get the job that I went home to be interviewed for. Big disappointment but obviously not meant to be. Had applied for another too but didn't even get past the application form stage for that one. Wasn't meant to be...

-I went to a Burns Night celebration at a Dacha in Moscow. Think wood-cabin with a real log-fire. Bit of haggis, neaps and tatties followed by a wee bit of Scottish dancing.

-Packed! SO much stuff. Couldn't get it all in.

-Final Ritz Champagne brunch - Rob & Sab organised a cake to wish me a Bon Voyage... bless.

-Fell over in the snow/ice. Managed to stay upright for four months and went down like a sack of spuds in full view of other pedestrians and drivers on my very last walk home from work.

-Had a few drinks on my last night but was up early for a four-hour flight, direct to Almaty.kz. Dasvidanya Moskva, Jagshemash Almaty!

Cue Borat-isms.....