This week I am traveling to Kazakhstan today for work. The trip started off rocky as my flight from Frankfurt to Almaty was canceled due to a strike a Lufthansa. The next available flight was only the next day and was with Turkish Airlines. It was a very good experience: the food on the plane was excellent. It was however one of the first ” double red-eye’s ” that I did. The afternoon flight from LA to Istanbul was an overnight flight and arrived in Istanbul the next evening. The connecting flight a few hours later from Istanbul to Almaty is again an overnight flight, arriving in Kazakhstan the next morning. I had to go from the airport straight to the office so by the evening, I definitely felt it.
They definitely take security serious at my hotel. I think it was because there was a government meeting.