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 |