By bolot | Published:
October 21, 2009
There are three options. You can reach Lensk from Yakutsk:
1) by plane,
2) by taxi,
3) hitchhiking (mostly with truck drivers).
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged flight, Lensk, rates, roads, schedule, Siberia, taxi, the Lena river, tourism, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
September 12, 2009
Walter Colebatch, the UK Sibirsky Extreme moto adventure project leader, returned to Yakutia from Baikal. He said good bye to his fellows Tony and Terry, who went back home to England. At that moment, he thought “I still harboured a burning ambition to get to the Arctic Circle in Asia… I just had enough [...]
Posted in Answers, Editorial, Locations, Photo, Services, Travel | Also tagged Aikhal, Anabar, bike, biker, car, Chernyshevsky, Cold, Editorial, Expedition, fuel, Lensk, maps, Morkoka, motorcycle, Photo, rates, roads, Siberia, Sibirsky Extreme, the Lena river, Travel, Udachny, Ust-Kut, Viluisk, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
July 15, 2009
I received this question a year ago from Walter, the leader of the Sibirsky Extreme motorcycle expedition. Remember, I wrote to him an answer (check the post Khandyga – Yakutsk – Mirny – Lensk) and something like “Yes, it is possible to ride it through in summer.” Right at the moment two UK bikers of [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Also tagged bike, biker, Expedition, extreme, motorcycle, Nurba, roads, Sibirsky Extreme, summer, Travel, Viluisk, Vilyuisk, Vilyuisky Trakt, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
July 3, 2009
Those, who is interested in travelling on the same route by bikes, might want to check the Sibirsky Extreme UK Bikers Expedition’s website
Posted in Answers, Travel | Also tagged bike, biker, Expedition, Lensk, motorcycle, Peleduj, rates, roads, Sibirsky Extreme, summer, the Lena river, Travel, Udachnyj, Ust-Kut, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
June 4, 2009
A London-based liaison officer wrote to me “I am trying to get a deal together to buy 200,000 carats of rough diamonds from Alrosa in Yakutia. Only problem is, their English speaking representatives’ websites do not work, nor do their telephone numbers. Very frustrating!!!!” Then he added the best line I had ever read “You [...]
Posted in Answers, Economy, General | Also tagged ALROSA, business, company, contact, diamonds, Economy, London, mining, Moscow, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
November 27, 2008
Further, please, find the list of distances between republic’s towns and Yakutsk:
Posted in Answers, Travel | Also tagged Aldan, car, Coldest City, Lensk, Nerungri, Nurba, Olekminsk, Pokrovsk, roads, Srednekolymsk, taxi, Tommot, tourism, Travel, Udachny, Verkhoyansk, Viluisk, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 16, 2008
Information on Yakutsk, Mirny, Nerungri, Lensk. Key facts.
Posted in Answers, Editorial, General, Locations | Also tagged coal, construction materials, diamond cutters, food industry, fuel energy, gold mining, industrial profile, Lensk, Nerungri, urban area, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 12, 2008
43 pages with information on the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in English.
Posted in Answers, Economy, Editorial, General, Locations, Travel | Also tagged authority, cooperation, diamonds, downloads, Economy, Editorial, environment, government, history, industry, invest, investment projects, Lensk, mine, mineral, nations, Nerungri, people, Photo, policy, population, sport, translation, Travel, Yakutian, Yakutsk, Ysyakh |
By bolot | Published:
November 6, 2008
What was the first diamond mine in Yakutia? What is the biggest hole we see often in pictures of Mirny? Certainly, it is the MIR Diamond Pipe. Read further to learn about the biggest hole in the world.
By bolot | Published:
September 21, 2008
Do not recommend to make international calls from a hotel room phone. It is as expensive as anywhere in the world.
