Staying at Irina’s house in Chelyabinsk Russia, imagining future of ‘Dynamic Mandalas’, meaning of ‘raspberry’, 21 hour train ride to Astana Kazakhstan, immigration control at Russian/Kazakhstan border, companions on the train ride, art of communication, new Central railway station Astana, getting a lift to the hostel, Susan remembers friendly treatment in Pakistan, Nurzhol Boulevard, geometrically arranged flowers.
