Almaty in 2008 - we may not be alone

Almaty has been placed on the NY Times' list of "Where to Go in 2008." I just hope we get there before McDonalds and Starbucks!

Here's a link to Sunday's article: http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/travel/09emerging.html

Here's another NY Times article about Almaty from September 2006: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/18/business/businessspecial2/18almaty.html?fta=y

And another article about a cross-country drive from Almaty in 2001:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9C02E3DF1039F935A2575AC0A9679C8B63&fta=y