After nearly five years of living in Kazakhstan we know that it truly is “what you make it” in terms of entertainment.  Middle Schoolers find their weekends filled with an assortment of activities: bike rides  roughly 20k of dusty, flat terrain spotting wild horses & camels and trying to avoid the occasional dangerous dog.

Paint balling in what can only accurately be described as an industrial derelict (and suspiciously unsafe) warehouse.  When the sprinklers come on in Dostyk Village there are mud puddles for the making, Shakespearian theatre productions in the park, and of course intellectual t-shirt graffiti.