Meeting my Kazakh Host Sisters Aktau, Kazakhstan
It had been 16 years since I met with my Kazakh host sisters.
In April 2015, my host sister, Gulzhan, helped me make arrangements to meet some of my Kazakh host sisters during a holiday weekend in May 2015. The last time I saw them was back in November 1999, when I visited them in Karatau. Sixteen years is a long time.
![Descending to Aktau, Kazakhstan (May, 2015)](https://res.cloudinary.com/shinkirin/image/upload/v1621853869/aktau/2015-05-01_13.36.41.jpg)
![Aktau International Airport, Aktau, Kazakhstan (May, 2015)](https://res.cloudinary.com/shinkirin/image/upload/v1621853879/aktau/2015-05-01_13.43.13.jpg)
![Kazakhstan Sukhoi SU-30SM at Aktau, Kazakhstan (May, 2015)](https://res.cloudinary.com/shinkirin/image/upload/v1621853881/aktau/2015-05-01_13.44.18.jpg)
![My Air Astana flight from Almaty to Aktau, Kazakhstan (May, 2015)](https://res.cloudinary.com/shinkirin/image/upload/v1621853893/aktau/2015-05-01_13.51.43.jpg)
![A view of the Caspian Sea, Aktau, Kazakhstan (May, 2015)](https://res.cloudinary.com/shinkirin/image/upload/v1621853895/aktau/2015-05-01_14.53.54.jpg)
![A view of the Caspian Sea, Aktau, Kazakhstan (May, 2015)](https://res.cloudinary.com/shinkirin/image/upload/v1621853978/aktau/2015-05-02_15.36.48.jpg)
![Aktau, Kazakhstan (May, 2015)](https://res.cloudinary.com/shinkirin/image/upload/v1621853987/aktau/2015-05-02_15.40.47.jpg)
![Aktau, Kazakhstan (May, 2015)](https://res.cloudinary.com/shinkirin/image/upload/v1621853992/aktau/2015-05-02_17.26.52.jpg)
![Seaside and city view of Aktau, Kazakhstan (May, 2015)](https://res.cloudinary.com/shinkirin/image/upload/v1621853996/aktau/2015-05-02_18.27.42.jpg)
![Aktau, Kazakhstan (May, 2015)](https://res.cloudinary.com/shinkirin/image/upload/v1621853998/aktau/2015-05-02_18.27.34.jpg)
![MIG fighter in Aktau, Kazakhstan (May, 2015)](https://res.cloudinary.com/shinkirin/image/upload/v1621854038/aktau/2015-05-03_11.58.03.jpg)
![Camels in Aktau, Kazakhstan (May, 2015)](https://res.cloudinary.com/shinkirin/image/upload/v1621854248/aktau/2015-05-03_12.18.21.jpg)
Reflection
I hope I can meet with my Kazakh host sisters again.