In the spring of 2009 we flew half way around the world to adopt a little girl in the city of Petropavlovsk in northern Kazakhstan. This blog chronicles our experiences in bringing her home. We wrote it both to keep those at home up to date on our progress and also to provide help and perspective to those who might follow behind us on the same adventure. Hopefully it accomplishes both goals.
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Video Skype from Kazakhstan
Posted on April 5th, 2009 3 commentsGiven the up and down nature of the Internet connection here at the Hotel Skif, we hadn’t really tried to do a Skype video conference with home as of yet. Also the timezone isn’t really conducive to it as the only real overlap is early in the morning eastern standard time unless we drag ourselves out of bed really early.
But we gave it a shot on Saturday night and Sam was able to connect with friends back in the Boston area. I was surprised how good the connection quality was…so we can call this test a success. You can in fact video Skype from Northern Kazakhstan.
Samantha catches up with the news at home
3 responses to “Video Skype from Kazakhstan”
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I just found your website a few minutes ago, and I’m so excited to be following along. We were in Petro summer of 2007 and also stayed at the Skif. This picture brings back so many memories!
If you want a great map of Petro with a bunch of great things to do and see, check out the link on this page: http://www.convergentpaths.com/post.php?&entryid=198
Warm regards,
Jennifer
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Chris April 7th, 2009 at 20:20
Hi Jennifer,
You’ve got a great collection of blogs and the map is great! Please add this one to your list and feel free to add any additional attractions or stuff to see that I post about to your overall map. I’m going to link to it from here. I was going to put one up myself but now I don’t need to!
I wish I’d found your site before we left.
-Chris
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Just checked back to this post. Your site has been added! I noticed your GPS markers and thought that was pretty cool. I will definitely be adding any new places you find and can recommend.
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