Quick visit to #Almaty in #Kazachstan on my way back to Europe. The metro is only ten years old, so it's retro-soviet architecture. #cityscapes
And yes it has plenty of Starbuckses. 
https://video.nostr.build/2eda575a56506b54bec5e3fc1ae1b239084007ea8f4d506169667a8541164413.mp4 
Oops, meant to upload the timelapse: https://video.nostr.build/4ba606bcf0742303a68c94775b480ff5e3f01177173e3f44d2d808b9f617aad7.mp4
Also the first time an ATM begged me not to use it. 
Many places accept contactless payments. When they do take cash, sometimes they don't have change. At the same time the toilets are cash only. Not sure about metro and bus cards (I paid cash and used a complicated Russian-only terminal to top it up with cash). And since Yandex can't use foreign creditcards you need cash for the taxi too (and they may or may not have change).
> toilets are cash only
Found the contagion source
fear mongering in preparation of CBDCs?
Lol #dumbdystopia
#Bankrun contagion..
#PeopleBanBanks🚫🏦
1) What
Subway platform looks like a replica of one in Moscow. 🙂
This looks pretty cool.
Awesome pictures
