President's Visit

The President of Kazakhstan came to visit Pavlodar yesterday and today and it's been fascinating to watch the city's makeover.  They've been re-painting everything and planting flowers everywhere.  It really looks beautiful.  The city just put up a beautiful statue on the way into town from the airport.  Here are a couple pictures that we were able to take on the way home from our visit.

Up close of the painted rocks rurrounding the statue.

Flags

These are 3 pictures from a resort area in the Pavlodar region.  That is our white van that we get shuttled around in (or as Ry calls it, "The Big White Taxi")