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, rates, Siberia, Sibirsky Extreme, the Lena river, Travel, Udachny, Ust-Kut, Viluisk, 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.
Posted in Editorial, General, History, Locations, Video | Also tagged history, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, mountain, 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 [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Photo, Travel, Video | Also tagged adventure, Aldan River, bicycle, bridge, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Kyubeme, Magadan, mountain, mountain bicycle, Photo, Pole of Cold, river, Road of Bones, Siberia, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Verkhoyansky, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
August 26, 2009
If you have been thinking about hunting in Yakutia in autumn, check out the pictures of what it can be.
Posted in Answers, Locations, Photo | Also tagged Cold, hunt, hunting, Kolyma Highway, mountain, Oymyakon, Oymyakonsky Ulus, Photo, snow, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Verkhoyansky, 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, Pole of Cold, river, Road of Bones, 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, Pole of Cold, river, Road of Bones, Tomtor, Ust Nera |
By bolot | Published:
August 13, 2009
Received a message regarding this route from a UK backpacker, who wishes to travel the Road of Bones by a taxi. Here is what he wrote:
Firstly congratulations on your site! This is a truly amazing resource for visitors to Yakutia. Here we can obtain information that would otherwise be impossible to find!
Thanks! : ))
My question [...]
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, Pole of Cold, Sibirsky Extreme, the Lena river, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera, 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, Mirny, motorcycle, Nurba, Sibirsky Extreme, summer, Travel, Viluisk, Vilyuisk, Vilyuisky Trakt, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
July 7, 2009
Received a big portion of questions from a UK-based TV documentary production company. A production executive wrote in his request:
I’m researching a history/travel series about women travellers, their journeys and achievements. One story I’ve been looking at is about [a Brit nurse] Kate Marsden who travelled on horse back to help the Lepers in the [...]
Posted in Answers, History, Services, Travel | Also tagged horse, housing, hunting, Kate Marsden, rates, shamans, Travel, Viluisk, Vilyuisk, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
