By bolot | Published:
March 3, 2010
An Austrian traveler Hannes, who visited Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold, this past January, was so impressed with the Yakut folk music that he asked me to provide him links to online resources, where he could download mp3 files with Yakut songs and music or purchase CDs or mp3 files somewhere on the web.
By the [...]
By bolot | Published:
February 24, 2010
See how frozen carcass reindeer meat will be cut into small pieces. Photos and video were done by Artem Petukhov and Katya Ipatieva (they stand behind the Adventure in Yakutia blog http://adv.yktv.ru, in Russian) specially for eYakutia.com . Thanks, guys.
Yeah, we, Yakutians, love meat. We eat them a lot. To save money, we usually buy [...]
Also posted in Answers, General, Photo, Travel | Tagged Cold, Coldest City, meat, Photo, reindeer meat, Siberia, Video, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
February 18, 2010
This road was built by the inmates of Gulag camps, most of them were buried along the way. That’s why it’s named the Road of Bones.
Also posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Tagged car, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, mountain, Photo, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, tourism, Travel, Verkhoyansky, Video, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
December 29, 2009
Thanks to Eva Krečová, I’ve eventually watched the Long Way Round episode dedicated the Road of Bones. So many years past, but it happened now only. If you weren’t lucky to see it, just do it and consider your traveling this way. Must be a lot of fun and adventure stories.
Btw, Eva Krečová & Tomáš [...]
Also posted in Answers, Travel | Tagged bike, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, mountain, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, summer, the Lena river, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera, Video, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
December 2, 2009
Check ExUmira2’s video. Here’s info:
Also posted in Locations | Tagged Siberia, song, Video, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
November 5, 2009
On Nov. 4, 2009, in Yakutsk, the capital of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), a group of three people descended into the world’s deepest ice vertical tunnel, Shergin’s Shaft, that had been buried and forgotten for more than half a century. It was the important historical, scientific, cultural event called “The Storm of Shergin’s Shaft” [...]
By bolot | Published:
November 3, 2009
In March 2007, a few friends of mine, Yakutsk-based adventure cyclists, Marat, Maverick & Scorpion (don’t know why, but they call each others by nicks), traveled from Yakutsk to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold. A funny thing. They documented the expedition pretty good. They’ve got a lot of high resolutions photographs, perfect videos and… Since [...]
Also posted in Answers, Locations, Photo, Travel | Tagged bicycle, bike, Cold, cycl, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, mountain, Oymyakon, Photo, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Video, winter, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
October 15, 2009
Why not celebrate the New Year in Yakutia?! You will be surrounded with the extreme cold and real Yakutian hospitality. The Siberian winter is fun and worth to try it! Don’t you think so?
By the way, this is the first time, when I realized what a wonderful New Year we have here, on the coldest [...]
Also posted in Editorial, Locations, Travel | Tagged Coldest City, Culture, life, Pole of Cold, Travel, Video, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
September 12, 2009
What had been happening at 1930s on the territory of East Yakutia was really awefull. Watch the short documentary “Kolyma” made by SDMediaEU for the TV series “Siberian Impressions.” Terrible feelings after watching the video. Especially the scenes with human bones. But we can’t do anything about it. That’s history and the worst part.
Also posted in Editorial, General, History, Locations | Tagged history, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, mountain, roads, Siberia, Ust Nera, Video, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
August 29, 2009
Thanks to my writing about Yakutia for international readers, I have a unique opportunity to communicate with very interesting people. One of them is Rob Lilwall, a travel cyclist of London. Five years ago, he decided to embark on the journey of his life.
Bored of his work as a geography teacher in England, Rob [...]
Also posted in Answers, Locations, Photo, Travel | Tagged adventure, Aldan River, bicycle, bridge, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Kyubeme, Magadan, mountain, mountain bicycle, Photo, Pole of Cold, river, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Verkhoyansky, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
