Ski Kazakhstan
Ada had a mid-term break from school, unlike Kate and Lucy, so we planned to head out for a ski. Our thoughts first turned to a return to Georgia but I had work in Johannesburg for the first half of the week and the Joburg/Tbilisi flights did not link up, costing us a day’s skiing. Plan B was Kazakhstan, where there was a ski field 25 km from Almaty airport and the flights linked up nicely. Our room at S.N.e.G. Large, warm and stylish in a ski cabin kind of way You can't beat the real thing! Kate's sister had been encouraging her youngest son, Tom, to come away for his Uncle Chris experience. Both of his older brothers had enjoyed ski time in Kashmir and he was due to complete his initiation too. So I made the bookings with Tom joining Ada and I in Kazakhstan, after which we would return to Dubai drop of Ada before flying to Srinagar via Delhi. Easy! Almaty has good air links and we ended up travelling with A...