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.
I [...]
Posted in Answers | Also tagged airlines, car, climbing, Expedition, flight, hiking, Kolyma Highway, Moma River, Momsky National Park, mountain, Pobeda Peak, rafting, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, taxi, tourism, Travel, trekking, Ust Nera, Verkhoyansky, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
December 8, 2009
As far as you know, there is no bridge over the Lena River at all. Therefore, to cross the river, locals are forced to use ferryboats from June till October and ice roads in winter, officially from the midst of December till early April.
Late April – May and late October – November are considered [...]
Posted in Answers, General, Locations, Travel | Also tagged car, Cold, Coldest City, ice road, Khandyga, roads, summer, taxi, the Lena river, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
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, rates, roads, 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, rates, taxi, Tommot, Travel, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
August 21, 2009
Maybe, it’s a little bit late at this point. Navigation on the Lena River, that usually lasts from early June till late September, is coming to the end. However, I think the following info will appear to be useful in the future.
I found out two alternative ways of traveling the Lena River on parts Ust-Kut [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Photo, Services, Travel | Also tagged barge, boat, hydrofoil vessel, Lensk, Olekminsk, Photo, rates, summer, taxi, the Lena river, tourism, Travel, Ust-Kut, vessel, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
August 20, 2009
Received two almost similar requests from German and Indian travelers. The first one asked about the best way of getting to Yakutsk from Seoul (South Korea). Another was curious about the flying route from Almaty (Kazakhstan).
The same issue I had already had with another international guests who eventually arrived to Yakutsk through Novosibirsk. And you [...]
Posted in Answers, General, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged airlines, Airport, Almaty, Beijing, ferry, flight, Hong Kong, Novosibirsk, online booking, online itinerary, online stores, online tickets, rates, Seoul, Siberia, Siberia Airlines, Tolmacheva Airport, Travel, Yakutia, Yakutia Airlines, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
August 15, 2009
I have to say
“Clif, thank you very much for your writing and sharing the great report on the journey by the ship “Mechanic Koulibin” down the Lena River from Yakutsk to Tiksi. This is valuable information. I am glad I have friended with you!”
Clif Maberly arrived with his wife from Hong Kong, but they [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Also tagged contact, Mechanic Koulibin, rates, river cruise, ship, summer, the Lena river, Tiksi, tourism, Travel, vessel, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
August 14, 2009
Another request arrived from the USA was very specific. About the ways of travelling from Yakutsk to Tiksi in September 2009.
Posted in Answers | Also tagged Arctic, Arctic zone, entry permission, entry permit, flight, frontier zone, Lena River, Mechanic Koulibin, rates, ship, the Lena river, ticket, Tiksi, tourism, Travel, Yakutia, Yakutia Airlines, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
July 23, 2009
Checked my mail archive and found out the answer to the question received from a globetrotter. He asked about the availability of flight from Magadan to Anadyr.
That inquiry regarded to Magadan Oblast! Not about Yakutia. But… I wasn’t surprised at all. I am writing much about the way to Magadan, so people thought, maybe, [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services | Also tagged airlines, Alaska, Anadyr, Chukotka, flight, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, rates, Travel, Vladivostok, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
June 1, 2009
At long last, I managed to get 2009 Summer Hydrofoil Vessels Timetable for those, who expressed the strong wish to travel along the Lena River from Ust-Kut to Yakutsk. This is a long voyage, I need to warn you.
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged boat, hydrofoil vessel, Lensk, Olekminsk, Osetrovo, Peleduj, rates, river port, the Lena river, timetable, transportation, Travel, Ust-Kut, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
