As far as you know, I decided to organize a road trip to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold, from Jan. 17 till Jan. 21 for my friends. Today we, trip participants, gathered and had lunch in Yakutsk at the Chicago Bar.
There were alll of those mentioned in travellers list, including a German photographer Bjorn Steinz and a US student Tilden Smith. Bjorn arrived yesterday by plane from Vladivostok. Tilden came this morning by a car from Nerungri.
A very good news. I will go with my friends. By the last minute I wasn’t sure, whether I will go. There were a lot of works to be done.
Another good news. We will apparently depart for Oymyakon from Yakutsk on this Sunday at 8:00 am. Travel to the Pole of Cold will take two days. We decided to make night stop in Khandyga so to see the best part of the Road of Bones in the Verkhoyansk Range in day time. You know, many of us have cameras. Need to take as many gorgeous pictures as possible.
Not enough good news. We will be offline most time. Maybe, in Khandyga we will find time and visit an Internet cafe. Certainly, at any time I can ask locals for letting us go online from their home computers in Tomtor, near Oymyakon, where we are going to stay for nights. A guest house in Oymyakon was occupied by Moscovite tourists.
Bad news. Tilden won’t go with us. He’s got a serious health issue, something with lungs. His travel from Irkutsk to Yakutsk via Nerungri was tough to him. So his doctor said “You shouldn’t go to Oymyakon!” He changed his Yakutsk – Vladivostok air ticket and is flying back to Moscow on Sunday and to the USA on Monday.
So follow us! A lot of photos are guaranteed. Maybe, there will be videos. Need to find a cam. And, certainly, I will write more posts with travel tips and useful info. And yeah, let me know what you would like to know more about the way to Oymyakon.
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