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The place you’re looking at is Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan… And that’s a place you only know about because of Borat, in all likelihood… Me, I’ve always felt a pull to the remote places, especially in Asia… Couple that with the fact that I watched something over the weekend on the Travel Channel about the places that have been most insulated from modern Western culture, and Central Asia ranked #1… Mongolia and Bhutan in particular…
Without the internet, I would’ve had to satisfy my curiosity and wanderlust at a bookstore, listening to their awful piped-in muzak… But thank God for making Al Gore grow up strong and wise……… So last nite I started my surfing by just wondering what the biggest city in Kazakhstan looked like… An innocent little Google image search……….. In NO way intended to take me into a long session of reading about occult influences on modern architecture and culture….. But that’s what happened anyway… Here’s how (just follow the links):
…ok, I forget the first one, but I discovered that Almaty was not the capital… This was news to me… They’ve got a new capital… Astana… And this is where it gets interesting…..
Google Image for Astana
Unexpected Link #1
…until I eventually found myself watching a YouTube doc on, you guessed it, conspiracy theories… And then one on the occult influence on governments…