http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travelstories/All the latest travelstories from Lonely Planet Publicationsen-AU2008 Lonely Planet Publications. All rights reserved.Lonely Planethttp://www.lonelyplanet.com/rcl/includes/images/logo_lp.gifhttp://www.lonelyplanet.com/travelstories/The latest press releases from Lonely Planethttp://www.lonelyplanet.com/travelstories/article/kazakhstan_0207/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travelstories/article/kazakhstan_0207/Enormous, oil-rich Kazakhstan looks down at the tiny 'Stans to its south and pities their backwardness.01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +1000John NobleJohn NoblearticleKazakhstanhttp://www.lonelyplanet.com/travelstories/article/stanoff/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travelstories/article/stanoff/Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Kurdistan. So which 'Stan has it? Lonely Planet's Central Asian specialists argue the case for their favourite.30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +1000Lonely Planet authorsLonely Planet authorsarticleAfghanistanAsiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanTurkmenistanhttp://www.lonelyplanet.com/travelstories/article/therealkazakhstanwhereboratneverwas_1106/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travelstories/article/therealkazakhstanwhereboratneverwas_1106/Post-Soviet Kazakhstan: more about thriving cities and mobile phones than broken-down Ladas.03 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +1000John NobleJohn NoblearticleKazakhstan