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Thanks for showing us more photos of the area around Almaty too. I never imagined that it was so mountainous and beautiful. It seems like the perfect place for a person who loves the great outdoors - something that I wasn't aware of. Before reading your blog I have to confess that I knew very little about your country, and I've learned a lot about it this month. I hope that I manage to visit one day.

Marina, I think I can speak for lots of us when I say that I have really enjoyed reading your posts this month. You have such a nice easy style, and you use certain expressions quite naturally - which is not all that easy to do, for example the expression: It's really far from ideal.

So for the last time let's look at language from your last two posts. There are a few problems with vocabulary:

There are also yurts, which are put during the celebration > There are also yurts, which are put up during the celebration (one puts up a tent or a yurt)

These parachutes are the USSR made and still have no analog > These parachutes are Russian made and still have no....(I don't know what you mean by 'analog'!)

And of course you are forbidden to wear skirt and high hills during the jumping > And of course you are forbidden to wear skirts and high heels during the jump (we would call it a parachute jump not jumping)

the airplane has only 10 sits > the airplane has only 10 seats (note the spelling of seats and heels in the sentence above)

It would be better to rephrase the following sentences:

But, in my opinion, the older we get the less "things-happen-for-the-first-time" we have > But, in my opinion, the older we get the fewer opportunities we have to experience things for the first time

So guys, I feel really good because it was another "fear-overcoming" for me > So guys, I feel really good because it was another time that I overcame a fear

Look at the following expressions and phrases:

There is no any schedule of buses > There is no schedule of buses OR There isn't any schedule of buses

It's not required any special training > Special training is not required

But, believe me in the air it hardly does any matter > But, believe me, in the air it hardly matters

Boys and girls was screaming > Boys and girls were screaming

And finally there are a couple of errors with articles but I have to say that on the whole you've used articles really well in these last two posts - and as you know this is an area that you can work on in the future:

and "dombyra" is Kazakh musical instrument > and "dombyra" is a Kazakh musical instrument

Well, it was new and unusual feeling, although it didn't live up with my expectations > Well, it was a new and unusual feeling, although it didn't live up to my expectations (not that we say 'live up to'...)

You have to be examined by doctor > You have to be examined by a doctor

Our group of 7 boys and 3 girls went to big field > Our group of 7 boys and 3 girls went to a big field

Finally it was girls turn > Finally it was the girls turn

Well Marina, once again, thank you for telling us about your life, your family, your town and your country, and I wish you all the very best for the future.

Best wishes,
Kim

Vocabulary
matter = subject, topic
feat = something difficult - you need a lot of courage or strength to do it
leap = jump
conquer one's fears = overcome, deal with, fight against your fear
relieved = feeling happy because something you were worried about or scared of didn't happen
steer = control the direction of something
the great outdoors = the countryside