jumping in central asia

[iwasinkheson68 0]

hey all,
my folks are moving to kazakastan in the next month or two and just wondering if anyone knows of any jumping you can do out there which might give me an excuse to see them?

[katzurki 0]

Ouch, why Kazakhstan, of all countries?
They seem to have at least one dropzone there, in Almaty whereabouts. Ever jump from an AN-2?

http://www.dropzone.ru/almaty.shtml -- edit: obviously in Russian

[iwasinkheson68 0]

why kazahkstan? well they were living in romania when all of a sudden......
can't say i've ever jumped an an 2, are they the biplanes that run in at about 15kts? look forward to it! thanks dude.

[calledisrael 0]

just got back from central asia (afghanistan.) don't know of any kazakh dz's, but the closest i got to jumping was talking to the army guys when i visited the base. apparently some of the american guys arrange group jumps with the german troops pretty often (sport jumps, not military ones) and they have quite a gig going down. it was pretty cool to hear about. :-)

good luck -

life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
(helen keller)

[crotalus01 0]

i was in Afghanistan 2 years ago (as a tourist but thats another story). and i have been all over Asia. there were NO DZs in Azerbaijan or Afghanistan. Turkey had a couple of DZs but i was not skydiving at that time so i didnt jump. only DZs i have seen in Asia were in Thailand and Turkey. i saw none in China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan or Afghanistan. Pretty sure there are none in Pakistan either, India i am not sure.
i could be wrong and just have missed something, but as for what i saw it was Thailand, Turkey, or nothing (not counting Malaysia - heard there was some BASE going on there).

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