Winter in Kazakhstan is something you should get ready for in advance. Of course if you have a car or don’t go outside too much, you can survive, but if you don’t… Well, I am being a bit pessimistic now but that’s only because of the fact that I almost froze to death today. It’s so cold that every part of your body hurts and it hurts when you breath in. And your eyes hurt because there is now way you can protect them. And your car wouldnt start easily. And the trasportation gets very disorganized. And people hurry even more to their warm houses.

So what I would like to recommend is to avoid trips toKazakhstan during our harsh winter. But this is not the best solution if you don’t have a choice.

Then…

Get yourself equiped!

You need: a hat, a jacket, gloves, boots, a scarf.

I knew some people who came to Kazakhstan from Spain at the beginning of January (poor guys!) and what they did is they wore thermal trousers and t shirt  underneath their normal clothes. They told me it was warm enough. I didn’t check it myself but maybe you can try it out!

Anyways, before coming to Kazakhstan (especially to its northern  part) check the weather conditions out. Maybe you are lucky and it will be “only” -20 or so:)