Kok-tobe

Almaty TV Tower, 371m/1219ft	Almaty City Bus Route 95 gives easy access to Kok-Tobe	Shuttle bus to the top of Kok-Tobe	Stone Apples are a symbol of Almaty
The Kok-Tobe Cable Car runs from the Republic Palace on Dostyk Ave	Unfortunately, when I was here in Sept 2014, the cable car was inoperative	View from the top of the Cable Car at Kok-Tobe	The Republic Palace is the large square silver building
Sunkar International Ski Jumping Complex, Almaty	Silk Way City Mall, the low greenish building, Almaty	Beautiful residential area at the base of Kok-Tobe, just to the west	Panoramic view of Almaty and the Cable Car line, Kok-Tobe
New construction in the Al-Farabi District, Almaty	Panfilov Park with the Assumption Cathedral behind old Soviet-era apartment blocks, Almaty	High-rise Stolichniy Center with the blue-colored Almaty Hotel	Panoramic View of Almaty, Kazakhstan, from the summit of Kok-tobe
The "Fast Coaster" slide at Kok-Tobe	The "Fast Coaster" slide at Kok-Tobe	Koktem Towers Business Center, Dostyk Ave, Almaty	Көктөбе means "blue hill" in Kazakh
Republic Square from Kok-Tobe, Almaty	Wider view with Republic Square and the new districts to the south, Almaty	Central Almaty is mostly a low rise city with although some new taller buildings have sprung up	Children's Republican Palace, Almaty
Al-Farabi District with the Nurlytau Complex "Glass Castle"	The "Six Heroes" Skyscrapers, Almaty	Rahat Towers, the Almaty Circus and Fanstasy Land	Panoramic view of Almaty from Kok-tobe
Central Almaty with the Republic Palace and Hotel Kazakhstan	Sunkar International Ski Jumping Complex from Kok-tobe	Al-Farabi New District, Almaty, Kazakhstan	High-rise Stolichniy Center with the blue-colored Almaty Hotel
Almaty Central Mosque with the gold dome and downtown Almaty	Kok-tobe Cable Car, Almaty	Map of the recreation area on top of Kok-tobe	Skrek at the little fun fair on top of Kok-tobe
Trans-Ili Alatau Range of the Tian Shan, Kazakhstan	Beatles Monument, Kok-tobe, Almaty Kazakhstan	Steven hanging out with the Beatles in Almaty	Beatles Monument, Kok-tobe, Almaty Kazakhstan
A yurt-style festival center, Kok-tobe	A yurt-style festival center, Kok-tobe	Inside the festival yurt, Kok-tobe	Climbing wall, Kok-tobe
Instructor at the climbing wall, Kok-tobe	Kiddie Train, Kok-tobe	Another kiddie ride at the Kok-tobe fun fair	Al-Farabi Avenue, the heart of the new district of post-independence Almaty
Al-Farabi District, Almaty	Upscale private residences at the base of Kok-tobe, Almaty	Upscale private residences at the base of Kok-tobe, Almaty	Almaty TV tower, 371m
The mountains that form the scenic backdrop to Almaty rising to 14,000 ft	Terrace with a view, dining on Kok-tobe	Terrace with a view, dining on Kok-tobe	A black Russian Volga sedan in need of a wash
There's a tiny zoo on top of Kok-tobe as well	A big surprise, the Tucson-Almaty Sister City monument, a bronze of a flowering cactus atop Kok-tobe	Tucson-Almaty Sister City Monument	Tucson-Almaty Sister City Monument
Personally, I think Denver would be a more appropriate sister city for Almaty	Tucson-Almaty Sister City Monument	Steven from Tucson, Arizona	Tucson-Almaty Sister City Monument
Almaty souvenirs, Kok-Tobe	Almaty souvenirs, Kok-Tobe	The stone apples seem to be the uniquely Almaty souvenir	Almaty souvenirs, Kok-Tobe
Kazakhstan t-shirts, Kok-tobe	Kazakhstan and an USSR T-shirt, Almaty	T-shirt shopping, Kok-tobe	Soviet Union t-shirts, Almaty
Painting of a yurt on stretched skin, Kazakhstan	Smaller paintings in a Kok-tobe giftshop	Chinese dragon, Kok-tobe, Kazakhstan	The access rode to Kok-tobe is covered in interesting murals like the USS Darwin
Murals on the road to Kok-tobe	Murals on the road to Kok-tobe	Murals on the road to Kok-tobe	Almaty TV Tower
Al-Farabi Ave, Almaty	Upscale neighborhood at Kok-tobe	Upscale neighborhood at Kok-tobe	Upscale neighborhood at Kok-tobe
Panorama from the road while descending from Kok-tobe	Kok-tobe TV Tower, constructed 1975-1983	Kok-tobe TV Tower, Almaty	Kok-tobe TV Tower, Almaty
Kok-tobe TV Tower, Almaty	Kok-tobe TV Tower, Almaty	Kok-tobe TV Tower, 371m/1219ft, Almaty	Kok-tobe TV Tower, Almaty
Near the base of Kok-tobe	Near the base of Kok-tobe	Near the base of Kok-tobe	Break time
Almaty TV Tower	Back on Bus 95	Almaty Bus map	Bus stop at the turn off for Kok-tobe
The Almaty TV Tower on Kok-tobe	The Almaty TV Tower on Kok-tobe