[Music] welcome to Sunny shymkent here on kazakhstan's
Silk Road so we're right in the bottom of Kazakhstan now and we're here to explore the
city it's a beautiful day and we're here at Independence Park where we're going to have a
little snack that we've seen all over the city we don't know the real name but we're calling
it Circle bread because it's literally a giant Circle bread look at this fresh just out the
oven it's warm and it's fluffy and it smells banging and it only cost 130 Tangi which is about
30p yeah so this is our little snack we've got it in our bag as they love to do over here first
impressions of shim Kent this is beautiful just walked down from our hotel and we've got a
monument here we got some funky stairs taking us over the road into the park we got a beautiful
gold top mosque behind us and I think there's a funky Monument over there as well that looks
like something out of like the Olympics we'll find out more about that probably in a few minutes
but yeah First Impressions shim Kent is pretty cool let's go to the park let's go to the park
shim k is right near the border of usbekistan so a lot of people when doing and following the
Silk Road which is most famous in usbekistan get the train from Tashkent the capital there up
to shimkent and then along to mateti so yeah this is quite a famous stop here in Kazakhstan
as it is a Silk Road stop so it's very different so far to places like caragan at aana where you
can see a lot of the Soviet architecture and the different buildings there the futuristic feel of
aana shim Kent has got more uh traditional feel bit more older City just me interrupting
but I don't know you can see on the GoPro look at the mountains nice wow mountains in the
background so much Greenery here got the mosque The Monuments and then over here is the downtown
shink T so yeah it's cool here so far it's super hot which is nice Ro which makes a nice change
for us nice change and look at the huge kazak flag and then this is Independence Park so we're just going to walk in here
and as Ash said taste the [Music] bread well check this out it's actually
really pretty it's got like a flower in the middle of the bread it's like the dest pizza crust
you've ever had in your life let's give it a go but we' seen these so all over the city we walk
past this stall it was freshly baking them It's banging still warm as well is it it's still warm
it's a bit dewy it's fluffy it's just the best yeah it's the best pizza dough you ever had
without toppings so good we just finished our bread and that was absolutely delicious if you can
let us know in the comments the name of it and how you would normally eat it that would be great cuz
we tried to Google and we couldn't really find any information on it but yeah just hav to wander
around the park and it's pretty it's pretty nice like most parks and Open Spaces green spaces here
that we've noticed in Kazakhstan um very well kept and yeah it's just really really beautiful there's
quite a lot of like monuments and structures and in the middle here there seems to be I'm
not sure what these are referenced to because it's all in cerlic but in they've all got a
different year and then there's some cerlic writing underneath explaining I guess maybe
some historic things that happen throughout the year I don't I don't know but interesting
and I don't know what these are but they've got these all over the place all just dotted
around up and down we're like really I don't know what the point is there's nothing
under it not sure but interesting bit random we're going to go and check out this
monument in the middle which I think looks like an Olympic torch but again I don't know what it's
for hopefully there's some information in English but I've just noticed the very top of it
which I'll show you in a second if we can see we learned in the museum in karaganda
that the top of the UR or they call Ura is I can't remember the name of it I'll
put it down but this structure and it's meant to kind of symbolize I think family
and peace and love and that kind of thing but it's on the top of this structure the same
shape of the Y top of the yta but check this out I think we can go up it as well actually
but wow it's a banging day today honestly we have missed the sun although the first day
we're out in the sun sun creamed everywhere apart from my arms so unfortunately I've got
to wear my shirt rolled down otherwise I'll have some burnt arms which we don't want
our first day in the sun let's check this out oh it's closed so we can't show
up it's a shame but there's the cerc information and writing I'll have a Wonder
around see what's oh the flag look at that nice I really like the kazak
flag I think it's pretty cool the Sun the eagle and then like the
design down the side is pretty nice yeah very cool so there's the structure
the monument and I guess actually that's probably meant to be the Sun the bits
poking out at the edge and then in the middle I can maybe not see on the GoPro uh
because that's the but that's the what the top of the UTA looks like so it's nice
but look at this park it's absolutely beautiful look at that the trees oh
wow so Pretty Pinks and purples bright green it feels so good to be back
somewhere where the weather is just nice it makes you feel better as well I
think obviously we've enjoyed our time so far all over everywhere we've been but it is
just nice to walk around and enjoy yeah the nature and you need places like this so
it's it's real nice that most cities in Kazakhstan that we've visited so far have all
these beautiful parks and green spaces dotted about yeah so nice and as they like to do as well
they've got a weat outdoor gym which is quite cool should probably give that
a go after that massive loaf of bread yeah another thing we've noticed here the
trees all of them all all of the trees there as well they paint halfway up the
tree quite now I feel like I've been told this before in a different country that they
do that could be Greece or something I can't remember but if you want to let me know
why again please comment below and tell me something to do with like maybe keeping
them cool or something like that potentially and look at what we just come across what's
this looks like it could be a fountain but it's all metal grates I don't know but it's not
on yeah that's a fountain you can see it under the Gres again like most fountains or
all the fountains we've seen so far they're not on so I don't know
when they turn them on but they're always seem to be empty I then we've got
cool entrance into the park over there or exit but yeah just a really lovely park and
it's called Independence Park but yeah it's a nice place to chill probably do a bit
more of that before we move to the next spot wonder if it used to be like a hotel or something just walked through just
still in the park we've just walked to this area and then found a bunch
of I guess they look pretty abandoned don't they abandon yurs yeah what
we wonder around this one's half a y maybe it was an old hotel or yeah place where
people could stay likeing this bit off it looks closed yeah but you can actually see that's just
popping out there it's broken one but that's the top of the UTA the structure that we got told
about yeah shant is it shantar yeah maybe I can't remember think so but yeah there we go bunch of
yurs abandoned [Music] broken it's so nice just to wander about in the distance you might be able
to hear it it's one of the first times I've heard the call to prayer here in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
itself is our tour guide said 70% Muslim so you will hear it now and again when you are in
Kazakhstan but I think we're going to go to the bizaar next I think we're going to find an
ice cream yeah so clean so nice so nice so clean beautiful yeah K Kazakhstan is genuinely A vibe
like I love it here I love it so cool [Music] the water on the river is so clear like
there's obviously Plants and Things down there but you can see right through it
and wow look there's like tons of fish here not sure if the GoPro will show you but
there's heaps of them I think that's actually someone's phone it looks like a mobile
phone the must driv int pictures of the fish pretty big actually and this River just
runs down here oh no there a dead fish oh no oh no oh no someone's lost their trasers as
well oh well it's not strange it's a CER River but it's got quite a lot of muck in it
so that's kind of random normally if a river is clear it means it's clean but this
one actually has a little muck there not in this case no I wonder if the fish
will get scared when they see their dead friend hopefully not [Music] nice man welcome to shim Ken thanks nice it's lovely here it's beautiful
here it's such a nice walk so relaxing doesn't feel like we're in a city
right now yeah it's so peaceful this is I think it probably goes on and
on but we're going to cut off soon but this is honestly such a beautiful different
side to Kaz we've seen yeah it is so nice [Music] so we've come to the bizaar which was
probably used back in the day for the Silk Road but now it's still in use but it
probably sells a lot of different stuff now than back in the day let's have a little
look look around see what we can find [Music] big old Market yeah look you can already
see the curs curs there's tons of them but we have decided that we won't be trying that
today no we've had enough CS we've had enough CS the smell of meet and da just hit
you you walking didn't it absolutely I'm fish we just saw them in the river tons of veggies tons of fruit
this is this is my favorite part is like seeing all the colorful fruit
and veggies I love it but no ice cream no not yet H so we're going
to have a quick look around here um just to get a break from the heat really yeah
it's actually nice to be inside it's cooler then go get nice theme yeah and then heads into the
center shimit sound good sounds good to me that [Music] Ed I think up here is like the clothes
bit yeah I'll have one yeah Ro ch shop bread shop maybe Bakery yeah oh she has ice cream oh yeah
got one you want to get one yeah yeah [Music] yeah to this small one small small small yeah one I found some ice cream that was [Music] easy ni so it's 150 per ice cream wasn't
it yeah yeah I 250 per ice cream so 30p that wasn't expecting any
change actually yeah nice look got her ice cream fresh from the Bazar
fresh from the machine who light it's like a proper 99 isn't it very sweet very da yeah that's that's good where we
to enjoy these that's just what we needed well I wonder through the bizaar
really film it so my ice cream but how's your ice cream it's it's very nice um yeah
like we've been to a few bazaars now and the all going to sell the same stuff don't theys
of stuff in China yeah fake brands fake brands um if you like that stuff it's yeah it's
perfect for you but but we're not looking for anything today we bought what we needed
which was this and we're happy with our purchases so this feels like one of the
main streets here in shim Kent there's a lot of cafes restaurants uh bars along
this street and it goes on for quite a bit so we've had an ice cream now we
fancy a tea just to again take a break from the Sun and yeah just enjoy the city
but it's been cool so far shim kad's really relaxed although it is a city
it doesn't really feel like it that way but yeah it's tea time chai time [Applause] [Music] so we stopped for a we tea break Dan's ordered a
green tea and the lid look at this you break it it comes off and if you're like taking a break from
your drink you pop it in it's pretty cool is it and I have gone for a strawberry iced tea cuz it
is roasting today so just chilling just chilling enjoy enjoying enjoying the sunshine yeah it's so
nice here this are seems to be kind of the high end area like a lot of nice coffee shops and cafes
and things and it is honestly just so nice being in a city where the trees are green for a start
cuz everywhere we've been it's been like still winter trees with no leaves so it just feels like
we've been transported to summer I love [Music] it how ni te looks nice that's bagging actually
that's so good I love it I love [Music] it just a retro tank casually driving through
the city center yeah he's very busy in this chug so busy and everyone like every driver beeps
at folks so even if it's a green man they'll beep at you while you're crossing the road it's like
it's a green man what's going on they just love [Music] beeping right all over the city we've spotted
UK or English or British telephone boxes I don't know why they're here but they are but it
looks like inside them it's like is it is it like a phone I don't really know actually cuz it's
got look at this tally 2 is the network we with it's like you can top up or something maybe butas
a proper old but yeah like British telephone boxs and they're all over the city we've seen at least
five or six of them but I don't know what they're for and I don't know what you can use them for
but yeah I didn't expect to see that here and it's only shim Kent we've not seen the Manana or
almati or anywhere else only here in shim Kent so maybe if you know the answer let us know one why
they here and two what they used for yeah thank [Music] you in caranda we were spotting Soviet mosaics and a ship K we're spotting British retro
telephone boxes so it's so weird it is how this country is so different each part you visit
so we're just on a way to another park now the street that we're walking on right now is like
a little path Street and it's like colored paths with like again what I would describe as like
British style lamp poost yeah under the trees like it's just so lovely it's such a walkable
country all the cities that we've been to are so geared up for like people walking pedestrians
Parks everything yeah Bean spaces everywhere so nice this is probably this has probably
been the most walkable City I'd say oh 100% it's been really cool and health of the weather
it's absolutely incredible but yeah check these like just look at this it's absolutely
Immaculate like you would not all the stereotypes about kazakstan mainly from
the movie I like it you this is actually the real Kazakhstan this is look at
this in front of us I don't know what it's meant like an art on installation
but it's like a TV it's probably one of the best kept pars I've ever seen in my life
is yeah it's so nice so cool here I love it also with the H paved ground I've tripped Daniel
out cuz I've told him they're in the shape of Cubes so those like 3D cubes so now we walking
on them feeling like you're in like a 3D [Music] floor we're still in the same par but this area
has like art installations of like local life so there's the bread we had guy carrying a goat
there's the top of the yurt that Ash pointed out and wrestling sport that making jewelry but
yeah all just in this Park which is pretty cool well we have just read that the area here
or shim Kent region is actually famous for tulips there was a giant tulip statue
back there a bit and we've just walked through the park and in front of us are
all these tulips it's so beautiful look at this the white ones here and there's like ni yeah I thought it was just the nether where you got your lips nope kakhan as
well look at this this p a bit dead bit the red ones they're so nice and on the
middle as well like all these [Music] ones oh it's so pretty what the heck look at that bird where right there
it's a lie cuz his head just moved but look oh yeah B oh my God is he just
chilling there what was that [Music] all see a bird like that [Music] so we've come to the biggest park in shim Kent ABY
park named after the poet on the Statue there and it's meant to be the biggest and best park in
shim Kent so we're just going to take a stroll Round Here enjoy the sunshine and see what it
has to offer I would say I'm glad it's been sunny today cuz if it had been raining I think
our day would look very different yeah yeah for sure done a lot of steps today too it's been
nice actually and since we've been in Kazakhstan we've walked so much and comparing that to like
the last few weeks in Pakistan it's like total opposite yeah it really is it's nice being able
to just freely walk about and not be like yeah yeah just chill just nice and you know you're a
p kazic park when you can see a boxing machine just there that is a symbol of a Kazakhstan
the boxing bag machine definitely they're just literally everywhere yeah always and those
guys are we we do it yep honestly if you want to invest in something in Kazakhstan buy a boxing
bag machine for sure and you will be a milliona millionaire very quickly hello hi and you'll
be a millionaire very quickly oh there's like a big rocket or Jet Jet yeah there's a big statue
up here let's go see it so there's some sort of jet Monument that's above us looks like a bit
of a retro plane but yeah must be something to do with the war Monument yeah this whole
street looks like it's dedicated to another war memorial oh yeah there's like hundreds
of names all down here all yeah everywhere commemorating something so this is all the names of the
people who died in the war and then the names of the area they're from so you can imagine
how many names are along here and how many names are all along there there's another monument at the top here which I'm sure symbolizes
the war in some way too [Music] now this is a cool Monument You' got some like
tanks over here like old school tanks for the war but you've also got one Ash check this
out doggy a little headb so uh yeah cute cute little dog don't know what he did in the war but
they've commemorated him so that's nice well our day in shim Kent has come to an end I hope you've
enjoyed us showing you around our first stop on Kazakhstan Silk Road join us on the next Vlog as
we head to turkistan another place here in South Kazakhstan but again thank you for watching
and see you on the next one bye-bye [Music]