Google Earth, etc.

I thought some of you out there might find this interesting. I had a lot of fun looking at Kazakhstan with Google Earth before we went, and thought that perhaps some of you might like to see where exactly these places are. So first off, you need to have Google Earth installed. You can get it for free here.
Next, you can download these 3 "placemark" files to your computer.

• First the Shapagat Orphanage.
• Next the airport we flew in to. When we flew out, I saw 9 employees in the whole building, and ours was the only airplane there!!
• Last, here is the apartment we stayed at.

Finally, in Google Earth, you can choose "File" then "Open", then open each of the 3 files above. Google Earth will show you the locations. Enjoy! Around the apartment in particular there are a lot of pictures of the region including buildings and the street we stayed on.
Our travel time from apartment to home on our return trip was 40 hours! I had thought I would be accomplishing a lot more at home after the return, but this jet lag isn't fun. Oddly I didn't notice any jet lag on the trip out, but the return is another thing entirely. I hope our layovers on the way back on our second trip with Ava are much shorter.