The Saruarka shopping mall (you've got to really roll the last 'r' - Saru-arrrrka, like an arc) is architectureally indistinct - a big boxy building - but inside it's lovely. It's big, light and has open, flowing spaces with great curves. In particular I found this arched bench quite charming. One for the album! It means a few friends can sit on it and feel that little bit more sociable.
Astana does have such lovely benches.
Likewise two stuffy Brits could sit on it facing opposite directions (see Bench for two ...), one looking down over the shoppers below (lonely?), the other facing the windows of the shops upstairs (aspirational?). Probably they're just exhausted from shopping. Astana has more shopping malls than the rest of the world combined. This place is literally a stone's throw from MEGA center, and another stone's throw will get you to the Khan Shatyr - the 'king's tent'. Now Buzz Lightyear may think the MEGA center is the mothership; meanwhile he'd walk on by the Saruarka mall without blinking an eye; but the Khan Shatyr, that really is something else - I think Buzz Lightyear will want to stay firmly rooted on Earth once he finds Khan Shatyr. I'll tell you about it soon!
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