Kazakhstan - MindStormPhoto

We traveled to five countries in 2017 on a photographic tour with Mehmet Ozbalci, of Turfantastik Tours. This page has some of our favorite images from the Kazakhstan portion of that trip.

On our drive to Almaty, we stopped to photograph this small church, with reflections in the lake

On our drive to Almaty, we stopped to photograph this small church

On our drive to Almaty, we stopped to photograph this small church

Girl in traditional Kazakh dress makes wool

This man rears his horse in celebration, after winning a competition

Horseback acrobats perform for our group

A meat vendor at the Green Bazaar

Our Kazakh guide jumps and kicks up his heels on the Singing Dunes

While driving to our Kazakhstan destination, we saw a herd of horses standing in a pond not far from the road

Many of the rock formations in Charyn Canyon look like animals, with just a touch of imagination

The Kaiyndy lakes were created as the result of a landslide, killing the trees that still stand in the water. This is an image taken by moving the camera vertically while the shutter was open

A woman and her mother take a walk while wearing traditional Kazakh clothes

Children in traditional Kazakh clothes play a game

A man raises a yurt, wearing traditional Kazakh clothes

A horseman and his dog run past us in a pasture

Assy-Turgen observatory, built by the Soviets before their withdrawal in 1991, is still functioning

Assy-Turgen observatory, built by the Soviets before their withdrawal in 1991, is still functioning

Assy-Turgen observatory, built by the Soviets before their withdrawal in 1991, is still functioning

A woman sits on horseback in traditional Kazakh clothes