Friday, March 21, 2003

We are here! We made it with no incidents or confusion. Because we were so well prepared, we knew what to expect when we reached Almaty.

We traveled with Denise and Scott and Connie. That really helped with everything!

When we arrived at the Almaty airport, we boarded a very nice shuttle that took us to the terminal building. The first thing we had to do was get in line at passport control, a little intimidating, but we got our passports stamped successfully. From there we went to find our luggage so we could put it through an X-ray machine. Then on to customs. Luckily for us, the lady officer didn't ask to see our money. Once again we got stamped.

Out we rolled our luggage carts. The first person I saw was a nice looking young man with long hair, holding a sign with our name on it. It had to be Sasha! He led us to our car along with Dimash from the lawyers' office.

They dropped us off at our apartment. It is very nice with a living room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. Even a washing machine and microwave!

The people before us left bread, butter and a bit of cheese. We had that for breakfast along with Lipton chicken soup. Don't laugh!

Sasha is picking us up at 10:15 a.m. for an appointment at the lawyers'. Then we should be on to Petropavlovsk and our boy.

I can't believe we are so close!


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