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Originally Posted by Chris in Tokyo
I don't know if they still do it, but a few years ago you could find guys renting out apartments to tourists. They hang out in front of hotels which charge too much, waiting for you to come back out after you find out the price is above your acceptable range.
We had a decent place within a few minutes walk of a guarded parking lot. No hot water, but it is pretty hot in Almaty in the summer anyways.
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Ditto, don't look for a hotel, look for a Gastinsta (Guest House) - normally empty rooms in apartment blocks, the one I ended up in was also a few mins from a guarded locked stayanka (parking) and found it at 2 am, so not bad! Water was not hot, but not too bad.
There is no real alternative to My Town. There are a couple of places that rent scooters or similar and will say they can do work/get parts etc but they always end up at MyTown. Leonid at MyTown is very honest and not out for overcharging overlanders. This went as far as me not getting charged a penny and getting a night on the pop thrown in to boot.
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