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Pretrip Preparations
Days 1/2 - Nov. 26/27
Day 3 - Nov. 28
Day 4 - Nov. 29
Day 5 - Nov. 30
Day 6 - Dec. 1
Day 7 - Dec. 2
Day 8 - Dec. 3
Day 9 - Dec. 4
Day 10 - Dec. 5
Day 11 - Dec. 6
Day 12 - Dec. 7
Day 13 - Dec. 8
Day 14 - Dec. 9
Day 15 - Dec. 10
Day 16 - Dec. 11
Day 17 - Dec. 12
Day 18 - Dec. 13
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Day 20 - Dec. 15
Day 21 - Dec. 16
Day 22 - Dec. 17
Day 23 - Dec. 18
Day 24 - Dec. 19
Day 25 - Dec. 20
Day 26 - Dec. 21
Day 27 - Dec. 22
Day 28 - Dec. 23


We received our travel dates on October 30.  Hooray!  We leave for Kazakhstan on November 26!  The first leg of our trip will be to Almaty, Kazakhstan, via Frankfurt, Germany.  We should arrive there late in the evening of November 27.  At that point, I don't think either of us will be in the mood to cook a turkey.  We'll meet with some of our adoption coordinators on the morning of November 28, then it's off to Uralsk that same day! 

During our trip, we'll try to keep our website up to date with pictures and information about where we are and what we're doing.  As Kazakhstan adoption rookies, though, we're not sure if we'll have either the technical proficiency to maintain an Internet connection or the energy to post every day.  But you can see by the links at the left that that's our goal.   We'd really like to have some company on our trip to meet and bring home our son.  Please click on one of the dates at the left to follow along on our journey.  If you're interested in more information about Kazakhstan the country (it's the 9th largest country in the world!), please see the links below.  

Remember to sign our guestbook too!

 

 

Some Links to Information on Kazakhstan

The Official Kazakhstan website Click Here
Kazakhstan Today Click Here
The CIA World Factbook: Kazakhstan Click Here
OANDA currency converter Click Here

 

Click for Uralsk, Kazakhstan Forecast Click for Almaty, Kazakhstan Forecast
 

Please Note:  The local time indicated for Almaty seems to be incorrect.  Almaty local time is 12 hours ahead of US Central time.  To obtain the approximate correct local time in Almaty, add 2 hours to the time indicated in the Uralsk weather sticker.