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, roads, summer, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Verkhoyansky, Winter Exotica, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
August 23, 2009
Yeah! That’s right. Wood buffaloes do live in Yakutia, i.e. in Siberia. They were transported in April 2006 from Edmonton, Canada. Since then the quantity of bisons was increased from 26 up to 39. 6 calves were born in 2008, and 7 in 2009. They are doing pretty well, have reacclimatized successfully on the land, [...]
Posted in Editorial, General, Locations, Photo, Travel | Also tagged acclimatization, animal, biology, bison, bufallo, Buotama, Canadian, Edmonton, experiment, Photo, river, science, Siberia, wood bufallo, Yakutia |
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, the Lena river, tourism, Travel, Ust-Kut, vessel, Winter Exotica, Yakutia |
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, schedule, Seoul, Siberia, Siberia Airlines, Tolmacheva Airport, Travel, Yakutia, Yakutia Airlines |
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, schedule, ship, summer, the Lena river, Tiksi, tourism, Travel, vessel, Yakutia |
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, schedule, ship, the Lena river, ticket, Tiksi, tourism, Travel, Yakutia, Yakutia Airlines |
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 27, 2009
This question was asked by Swiss photographers Mathias Braschler & Monika Fischer, who spent the whole last Saturday on searching a person with a tumbledown house for the forth portrait. Ad notam, they currently work on the worldwide photo project about people directly affected by climate change. So, they were hungry at midnight in the [...]
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, roads, Sibirsky Extreme, the Lena river, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera, Yakutia |
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, roads, Sibirsky Extreme, summer, Travel, Viluisk, Vilyuisk, Vilyuisky Trakt, Yakutia |
