Tag Archives: Expedition

UPDATED: Travelling through Yakutsk, the Road of Bones, Magadan, Chukotka & Alaska

By bolot | Published: April 24, 2010

Received questions from Montenegro’s Round-The-World Motorcycle Expedition (www.theridearound2010.com), that plans to go through Yakutia (Sakha), Magadan Oblast and Chukotka to Alaska. Here is what they wrote:
“Three of us will be traveling around the world on our motorcycles. Somewhere around July 10th we will be in Chita and from there we want to travel to Magadan. [...]

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Sibirsky Extreme 2009 – DVD Preview. Yakutia included!

By bolot | Published: March 21, 2010

Walter Colebatch, the UK Sibirsky Extreme motor travel expedition leader, informed me about realising the the preview of the DVD with the documentary of the last year journey across Siberia, including Yakutia. In this short video you can see his travelling many Siberian roads. Yakutia is shown with…

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Trekking & Climbing: Burustakh – Pobeda Peak – Sasyr – Khonuu

By bolot | Published: February 26, 2010

Another request came from Polish mountaineers, Maciek and Kasia. This upcoming summer they decided to trek across the whole Momsky National Park. Accordingly they asked questions as many as possible. Mainly on the route Burustakh (a settlement on the Road of Bones) – Pobeda Peak – the village of Sasyr – the village of Khonuu.
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Quick tips: Cycling from Yakutsk to Magadan by the Road of Bones

By bolot | Published: February 24, 2010

Marat Zalyalov, a local mountain cyclist, gave quick tips to an Italian biker Dan, who had written to me as follows:
“Your site is really useful, but I didn’t find anything about cycling… So hope you could help me… I’m used to travel by bicycle in hard conditions, and your country looks amazing… Questions: what do [...]

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Video: Driving the Road of Bones (Kolyma Highway) in winter

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.

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Journey to Oymyakon: Today all participants gathered!

By bolot | Published: January 15, 2010

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 [...]

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Video & Photos: Winter cycling on the Road of Bones

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 [...]

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What is the standard tour to the Pole of Cold? Travel time, activities, accommodations, prices?

By bolot | Published: October 25, 2009

Often asked about the tour to the Pole of Cold, Oymyakon. All the time the question sounds different. Some is interested in transfer rates, others in hotel rates, third persons are just wondering what to do and see in the Pole of Cold. So I decided why not just give away the description of the [...]

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Siberia/Yakutia Motorcycle Adventure Recommended Stuff List

By bolot | Published: October 22, 2009

Yeah, I am pretty much happy to present the list of useful stuff to bring along while traveling on bikes across Russia’s Siberia and Far East. The list was compiled,  used  and provided by Czech motorcyclists Eva Krečová and Tomáš Holman (the FB fan page OFF Siberia … ОФФ Сибирь Project), who, by the way, [...]

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How to ship your moto or vehicle from/to Magadan & from/to Vladivostok by sea?

By bolot | Published: September 27, 2009

Rejoyce, everyone, who wishes to try the Road of Bones to/from Magadan. Magadan is not the deadend. It is, actually, one of your enroute waypoints.
The only thing you need to know is how to ship your vehicle from/to Magadan by sea. The second thing to remember is that a Turkish driver Ali Eric (www.istanbul2instanbul.com) [...]

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