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, rates, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, taxi, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Ust Nera, Verkhoyansky, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
December 29, 2009
Thanks to Eva Krečová, I’ve eventually watched the Long Way Round episode dedicated the Road of Bones. So many years past, but it happened now only. If you weren’t lucky to see it, just do it and consider your traveling this way. Must be a lot of fun and adventure stories.
Btw, Eva Krečová & Tomáš [...]
Posted in Answers, Travel, Video | Also tagged bike, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, mountain, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, summer, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera, Video, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
December 22, 2009
A few weeks ago I received a question from an UK backpacker, who is coming to Yakutia in January 2010. He asked “Is there an ice road to the Lena Pillars? Is it possible to make it there in January?”
Btw, a request was sent via the Facebook group “Ask-Yakutia-Today,” everyone is welcome to join [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Photo, Travel | Also tagged car, Cold, ice road, Lena Pillars, maps, Photo, roads, Siberia, Travel, Tumul, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia |
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, schedule, summer, taxi, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 12, 2009
The journey along the Lena River from its head evokes much travelers’ interest. Reasons vary. Recently I received another request, but from the U.S. this time. An Orthodox priest wrote:
“I want to travel by river to Yakutsk, June 2010 for a sabbatical project because early Orthodox missionaries to Alaska took this route in 1794. Where [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged hydrofoil vessel, Lensk, Olekminsk, Peleduj, Siberia, summer, Travel, Ust-Kut, 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, schedule, Siberia, taxi, tourism, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
September 18, 2009
I digged a nice story made by the BBC correspondent Bridget Kendall. It’s about Yakutia. She shares with her short impression on the region.
“Climate change is having an impact in the vast and remote region of Yakutia in Siberia which, in winter at least, is still the coldest place on earth. Bridget Kendall reports.”
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Also tagged Cold, Coldest City, Culture, life, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, Siberia, 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, Mirny, Morkoka, motorcycle, Photo, rates, roads, Siberia, Sibirsky Extreme, Travel, Udachny, Ust-Kut, Viluisk, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
September 1, 2009
The one day trip to the village of Namzy located north off Yakutsk. 1 hour by a car. Date: Aug. 5, 2009. Further, please, find the slideshow.
Posted in Answers, Locations, Photo, Travel | Also tagged life, Namzy, Photo, Republic of Sakha, Russia, Sakha, Siberia, slideshow, summer, village, Yakut, 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, schedule, summer, taxi, tourism, Travel, Ust-Kut, vessel, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
