By bolot | Published:
September 16, 2009
Rainy, rainy, rainy… Chilly, chilly, chilly… Yeah, that’s how it is. September 2009 appeared to be hard for drivers travelling on the Road of Bones. Especially on the old route of the Kolyma Highway from Tomtor to Kadykchan. Everything along the way from Yakutsk through Kyubeme to Tomtor looks perfect. No real obstacles. You can [...]
Posted in Answers | Also tagged 4WD, adventure, Artyk, bridge, Elga, Kadykchan, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Kouranah-Sala, Kyubeme, Magadan, Magadan Oblast, Oymyakon, Oymyakonsky Ulus, river, Road of Bones, roads, Tomtor, Ust Nera, Yakutsk |
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 [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Photo, Travel, Video | Also tagged adventure, Aldan River, bicycle, bridge, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Kyubeme, Magadan, mountain, mountain bicycle, Photo, river, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Verkhoyansky, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
August 26, 2009
That’s great news. Czech OFF SIBERIA adventure motorcyclists Tomáš Holman and Eva Krečová, who are traveling across Russia on one BMW bike, allowed me to post their travel photos taken on the Road of Bones this summer. They rode from Yakutsk to Magadan via the old route Kyubeme – Tomtor – Kadykchan (Magadan Oblast).
In a [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Photo, Travel | Also tagged adventure, bike, biker, BMW, bridge, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Kyubeme, Magadan, motorcycle, mountain, Photo, river, Road of Bones, roads, summer, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Verkhoyansky, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, 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 | Also tagged 4WD, adventure, Artyk, bridge, Elga, Kadykchan, Kolyma Highway, Kouranah-Sala, Kyubeme, Magadan, Magadan Oblast, Oymyakon, Oymyakonsky Ulus, river, Road of Bones, roads, Tomtor, Ust Nera |
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 | Also tagged adventure, bike, biker, car, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, life, Magadan, maps, mountain, Oymyakon, Photo, roads, Sibirsky Extreme, the Lena river, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
June 3, 2009
A Turkish traveller, who is planning to complete the around-the-world lonely trip “Istanbul2Instanbul”, is asking: “Everybody is talking about the danger to cross the Road of Bones alone, however, there are lots making lonely trips with thier motorbikes or cars. Do you think that it is dangerous to be alone on this road? If so, [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Also tagged accommodation, car, hospitality, housing, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, Oymyakon, Road of Bones, roads, security, summer, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Ust Nera |
By bolot | Published:
May 20, 2009
An Oymyakon-based travel enthusiast, Semen Baishev, informed me that in the course of summer he is going to arrange tours to the legendary Labynkyr Lake that is famous for a monster.
Posted in Announcement, Editorial, Travel | Also tagged event, Kolyma Highway, Labynkyr Lake, legends, myth, Oymyakon, Tomtor, tourism, Travel |
By bolot | Published:
May 1, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged Expedition, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, motorcycle bike biker, Oymyakon, roads, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera |
By bolot | Published:
January 12, 2009
Another portion of questions regarding Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold, I received from a Hungarian journalist, who was also wondering how people could live in such extreme weather conditions.
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Social, Travel | Also tagged car, life, Oymyakon, roads, Travel, weather, winter, Winter Exotica |
By bolot | Published:
January 4, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged car, Expedition, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, migration service, Oymyakon, roads, visa, Yakutsk |
