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, schedule, Siberia, taxi, tourism, Travel, trekking, Verkhoyansky, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
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, the Lena river, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Verkhoyansky, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
February 11, 2010
GULAGs researcher always asked me whether I had a map of GULAGs located on Siberia’s famous Road of Bones. I answered that I didn’t have. Now I have it on the blog.
The Road of Bones is the part of the Kolyma Highway constructed by GULAGs prisoners between Khandyga and Magadan in Stalin’s time. Many innocent [...]
Posted in Answers, History, Locations, Photo | Also tagged history, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, maps, Oymyakon, Photo, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, Tomtor, Travel, Verkhoyansky, Yakutia |
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, the Lena river, Tomtor, Travel, Video, 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, rates, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, 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, rates, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, taxi, Tomtor, Travel, winter, 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, rates, Road of Bones, Tomtor, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
October 9, 2009
Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Just wondering… Will the blog visitors, who love travelling and free downloading at the same time, be enough grateful for what I am going to do now? Damn, I am really up to let the world download the Kolyma Highway travel map for free.
Posted in Answers, Editorial, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged car, Churapcha, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, maps, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, roads, Tomtor, Travel |
By bolot | Published:
September 23, 2009
Frankly saying, this week I thought “Well, on the next Monday we are promised to see the first snowfall in Yakutsk. Winter is really at the hand. It’s time to think about the cold.” Besides, I noted that, according to the latest Google Analytics statistics, Oymyakon, the so-called Pole of Cold, became one of the [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Also tagged car, Cold, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, winter, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
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, Pole of Cold, river, Road of Bones, roads, Tomtor, Yakutsk |
