Kazakhstan 2009
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 Welcome to the Rixos. |
 A lobby or a jungle? |
 The Government spent billions of dollars to build Astana just a decade ago. |
 If you build it they will come, maybe, but mostly the city is empty. |
 Half the city is still being built. |
 This is what happens when you give your architects a billion dollars, a couple cases of vodka and tell them to build a diamond in the rough, AKA. Siberia. |
 They actually called this "The Bird's Nest". |
 This picture has not been photo shopped, this is one of the most unique cities I have ever been in. |