By bolot | Published:
August 21, 2009
Maybe, it’s a little bit late at this point. Navigation on the Lena River, that usually lasts from early June till late September, is coming to the end. However, I think the following info will appear to be useful in the future.
I found out two alternative ways of traveling the Lena River on parts Ust-Kut [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Photo, Services, Travel | Tagged barge, boat, hydrofoil vessel, Lensk, Olekminsk, Photo, rates, schedule, summer, taxi, the Lena river, tourism, Travel, Ust-Kut, vessel, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
August 20, 2009
Received two almost similar requests from German and Indian travelers. The first one asked about the best way of getting to Yakutsk from Seoul (South Korea). Another was curious about the flying route from Almaty (Kazakhstan).
The same issue I had already had with another international guests who eventually arrived to Yakutsk through Novosibirsk. And you [...]
Posted in Answers, General, Locations, Services, Travel | Tagged airlines, Airport, Almaty, Beijing, ferry, flight, Hong Kong, Novosibirsk, online booking, online itinerary, online stores, online tickets, rates, schedule, Seoul, Siberia, Siberia Airlines, Tolmacheva Airport, Travel, Yakutia, Yakutia Airlines, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
August 18, 2009
As far as you remember, the Kolyma Highway the east part of which is well known as the Road of Bones splits after the settlement of Kyubyume (Kyubeme) into two directions. Further find some new short reports on these routes.
Posted in Answers, General, Locations, Travel | Tagged 4WD, adventure, Artyk, bridge, Elga, Kadykchan, Kolyma Highway, Kouranah-Sala, Kyubeme, Magadan, Magadan Oblast, Oymyakon, Oymyakonsky Ulus, Pole of Cold, river, Road of Bones, roads, Tomtor, Ust Nera |
By bolot | Published:
August 15, 2009
I have to say
“Clif, thank you very much for your writing and sharing the great report on the journey by the ship “Mechanic Koulibin” down the Lena River from Yakutsk to Tiksi. This is valuable information. I am glad I have friended with you!”
Clif Maberly arrived with his wife from Hong Kong, but they [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Tagged contact, Mechanic Koulibin, rates, river cruise, schedule, ship, summer, the Lena river, Tiksi, tourism, Travel, vessel, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
August 14, 2009
Another request arrived from the USA was very specific. About the ways of travelling from Yakutsk to Tiksi in September 2009.
Posted in Answers | Tagged Arctic, Arctic zone, entry permission, entry permit, flight, frontier zone, Lena River, Mechanic Koulibin, rates, schedule, ship, the Lena river, ticket, Tiksi, tourism, Travel, Yakutia, Yakutia Airlines, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
August 13, 2009
Received a message regarding this route from a UK backpacker, who wishes to travel the Road of Bones by a taxi. Here is what he wrote:
Firstly congratulations on your site! This is a truly amazing resource for visitors to Yakutia. Here we can obtain information that would otherwise be impossible to find!
Thanks! : ))
My question [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Tagged Kolyma Highway, long distance taxi, Magadan, rates, Road of Bones, roads, taxi, Ust Nera, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
August 7, 2009
Actually, the question received recently from Frank, who is currently somewhere in the neighborhood, sounded this way:
I am very interested in contacting some of the wonderful khomus craftsmen from Yakutia, especially Innokenty N. Gotovtsev. It seems that NONE of these guys have email contact information. Do you have any advice for me?
I would like to [...]
Posted in Answers, Culture, Locations | Tagged Arts, contact, Gotovtsev, Jew's harp, khomus, museum, Namskyj, Namzy, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
July 27, 2009
This question was asked by Swiss photographers Mathias Braschler & Monika Fischer, who spent the whole last Saturday on searching a person with a tumbledown house for the forth portrait. Ad notam, they currently work on the worldwide photo project about people directly affected by climate change. So, they were hungry at midnight in the [...]
Posted in Answers, General, Locations, Services | Tagged beer, cafe, dining, fast food, meal, pizza, restaurant, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
July 23, 2009
Checked my mail archive and found out the answer to the question received from a globetrotter. He asked about the availability of flight from Magadan to Anadyr.
That inquiry regarded to Magadan Oblast! Not about Yakutia. But… I wasn’t surprised at all. I am writing much about the way to Magadan, so people thought, maybe, [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services | Tagged airlines, Alaska, Anadyr, Chukotka, flight, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, rates, schedule, Travel, Vladivostok, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
July 21, 2009
So… Two UK adventurous bikers of the Sibirsky Extreme travel motorcycle expedition have just ridden the Kolyma Highway. They had left Yakutsk on Thursday afternoon and arrived in Magadan on Sunday evening. 2100 km, 3.5 days, and 7 tyre changes! What did they say about the federal road?
The road was a little better than the [...]
Posted in Answers, History, Locations, Travel | Tagged adventure, bike, biker, car, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, life, Magadan, maps, mountain, Oymyakon, Photo, Pole of Cold, roads, Sibirsky Extreme, the Lena river, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
