Another portion of questions arrived from a Brit solo rond-the-world motocyclist regarding the old part of the Kolyma Highway that runs from Kyubyume through Tomtor to the Magadan Oblast. Found out that the new way Kyubyume – Ust-Nera – the Magadan Oblast is less interesting to drive than the old one. The reason is as simple as the new roadway is itself. Right, if to go through Ust-Nera, travelers won’t experience any hardship and thus any adventure. This track is easy to drive at any time. But the old part is full of challenges. Read more…
Travel
Praise God, Yakutia Airlines launched the flight tickets online reservation service. Here is the link: http://ticketshop.yakutia.ru/en/ So, now any international traveller can arrange round trips to and within the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
The flight reservation website is standard and simple. It contains four departments, “Book a flight”, “Flight Schedule”, “Payment”, and “Contact”. Read more…
This question was asked by a Russian TV crew, that plans to make a journey across Yakutia in the midst of April. A TV producer is pretty much anxious and thinking over what type of transport to rent – a car or helicopter. Well, it’s about time. According to last Friday’s news, there is the ice roads close schedule approved by State Motor Vehicle Inspectorate and the Russian Emercom. Read more…
Actually, international visitors’ first question sounds in another ways. Like, ‘Do I need to get an entry permit for visiting Yakutia.‘ Answer, ‘No.‘ But an inviting organization or person needs to point in invitation applications which settlements within Russia including Yakutia international travellers intend to visit. That’s the ordinary procedure. So to visit Yakutia, foreign guests are required to have only valid Russian visas.
The next question I always hear is whether this or that region of Yakutia is open for foreigners. Read more…
Received a request from a traveller of Croatia: “I am interesting about the road condition in the winter. I mean main road from Yakutsk to Moscow and Vladivostok. Are there any traffic? How about supply, trucks…? Is it possible to go from Moscow to Yakutsk by regular car or 4×4?” Read more…
An interesting request arrived from Ulan Bator, Mongolia. A couple is planning to visit Yakutsk and asked me about available opportunities to meet local shamans in the city. That was an unexpected question. I don’t have friends among shamans to ask them about meetings. But, Praise God, my mom has a few contacts :) Read more…
Recently Yakutia was visited by Germans’ Land Rover off-road vehicle expedition “Paris – Moscow – New York: Transcontinental 2009.” Everything went smoothly. Two vehicles entered Russia, expedition members spend a few days in Moscow, gave the press-conference and did much work with cars preparation, then a few weeks on the way to Yakutsk. Eventually they arrived in our city. Precisely, one car reached the city only, another stuck in Aldan after unpredictable accident on the road. The repair took another few precious days.
And, you know, what happened next?.. Instead of forwarding to the Pole of Cold and Magadan, adventurers flew back to Germany in order to get another Russian visas with the new period of the visit to Russia.
How much time the visa procedure will take, nobody knows exactly. Two weeks (including flight time), for sure or maybe. So… To avoid such sitautions, when you didn’t manage to fit to the restricted visit period, and any problem with Russia’s Federal Migration Service in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), you must keep in mind a very important thing. That’s the importance of obtaining appropriate visas. Read more…
This is incredible. A Swiss backpacker asked me about homestay possibilities in Yakutsk. I started thinking. At my place no free space is available. Kids, you know. His question seemed to stay without a positive response. But I went another way Read more…
