By bolot | Published:
February 12, 2010
It is February 11th, 2010. I am sitting in Magadan and have time to reflect on my journey so far. It is GMT+11 here, which means I have travelled pretty much halfway around the World. And all without taking a single flight so far. Unfortunately I have to break the ‘rules’ and take a flight [...]
Posted in Locations, Travel | Also tagged car, Cold, Coldest City, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, life, Magadan, mountain, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, taxi, the Lena river, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Ust Nera, Verkhoyansky, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
January 11, 2010
As you noted by my announcements, I decided to arrange my friends’ roadtrip from Yakutsk to the Pole of Cold, Oymyakon. So… I was forced to come across some technical questions, like visa, air tickets, car rent, transfers, accommodation, etc. Man, so many things are to be done! Praise God, everything goes smoothly so far. [...]
Posted in Answers, Services, Travel | Also tagged car, Nerungri, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, roads, Siberia, taxi, tourism, Travel, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
December 28, 2009
A Jordi, of Catalonia, is asking:
I have been reading the last report about Norwegians’ accident [in Yakutia/Siberia], and I want to ask you something… Is this a recent story? I haven’t found the piece of news relating to this.
Nowadays I know some people who want to make the journey to Oymyakon [the coldest place in [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Also tagged car, Cold, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, mountain, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Ust Nera, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 28, 2009
Once I published long-distance taxi rates that can be taken into consideration while traveling within Yakutia. But I’ve never written a post about pecularities of using such a ground transport, precisely about advantages and disadvantages of going from Yakutsk to Magadan via the Road of Bones (Kolyma Highway) by taxi.
This time I decided to [...]
Posted in Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged car, Cold, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, taxi, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera, winter, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 15, 2009
I was frequently asked about hostels/small hotels availability in Yakutsk. There are some, and they are different. At long last, I found time and checked a few.
Here is my current pick. That’s Metro Hostel. It is cheap and clean. It has many big advantages. Let’s list them.
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged Coldest City, hostel, hotel, Photo, Siberia, tourism, Travel, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
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 [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged car, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, mountain, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, taxi, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
October 23, 2009
The following useful info on accommodations was provided by Sardana Mikheeva via the Facebook group “Ask-Yakutia-Today” (don’t forget to join the FB group.) I added some info, more details and comments. So here we go.
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged accommodation, hostel, hotel, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Oymyakon, Road of Bones, Tomtor, Ust Nera, Yakutia |
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, Mirny, roads, schedule, Siberia, taxi, the Lena river, tourism, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
October 6, 2009
Received questions from China. A traveller is thinking over the ways of getting to Yakutsk from Beijing.
I wanna know, whether there is the railway in Yakutsk. I know a place Berkakit railway station. What’s solutions from Beijing to Yakutsk?
A very natural request. Air travel from Beijing to Yakutsk, even via Novosibirsk (I wrote about [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged Aldan, car, Nerungri, schedule, taxi, Tommot, Travel, 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, Mirny, Morkoka, motorcycle, Photo, roads, Siberia, Sibirsky Extreme, the Lena river, Travel, Udachny, Ust-Kut, Viluisk, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
