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, roads, shamans, Travel, Viluisk, Vilyuisk, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
July 3, 2009
Those, who is interested in travelling on the same route by bikes, might want to check the Sibirsky Extreme UK Bikers Expedition’s website
Posted in Answers, Travel | Also tagged bike, biker, Expedition, Lensk, Mirny, motorcycle, Peleduj, rates, roads, Sibirsky Extreme, summer, the Lena river, Travel, Udachnyj, Ust-Kut, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
June 16, 2009
More pics of previous Ysyakh at Flickr.com
This summer Yakutsk’s Ysyakh (Ысыах), Yakut national holidays, will be held on June 27-28, 2009. Location is Ys Khatyn (Yс Хатынг), 20 minutes by car northward from Yakutsk, near the settlement of Zhatai (Жатай). The opening ceremony will take place on the first day, Saturday, at 12.00.
Note: Yakutsk Ysyakh [...]
Posted in Announcement, Culture, Editorial, Events, Photo | Also tagged Culture, customs, event, Photo, tradition, Yakutia, Ysyakh |
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, schedule, the Lena river, timetable, transportation, Travel, Ust-Kut, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
May 27, 2009
The next request from South Korea was like “Will you tell some a very cheap way to make residence registration at a guest house in Yakutsk? How much will it cost for a night?”
By bolot | Published:
May 26, 2009
An Australian based in Hong Kong keeps asking me. He wrote “A number of travel agents, like tour operator Olympia-Reisen-Sibir, are advertising an Artic cruise tour to Tiksi on the Mikhail Svetlov from July 21 to August 3 (arriving back 3am on August 3.)”
Posted in Answers, General, Services, Travel | Also tagged conference, cruise, Demjan Bednyj, event, Mikhail Svetlov, schedule, ship, the Lena river, Tiksi, tourism, Travel, UNESCO, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
May 26, 2009
For last weeks, I received similar inquires from Poland, UK, Hong Kong and the Netherlands. All of them regarded the longest voyage along the Lena River, of course, in Yakutia. The question was like “Is there any regular passenger boat that goes from Yakutsk to Tiksi? Not expensive one?” The first one arrived in the [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged contact, Mechanic Koulibin, rates, schedule, ship, the Lena river, Tiksi, Travel, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
May 18, 2009
The National Tour Operator “Yakutia” redesigned its website http://planetyakutia.com.
A new version looks very cool, presentable and easy-navigating. It has the following sections “Where to go”, “What to do”, “Where to stay”, “About Yakutia”, “Logistics”, “About Us.” Besides, a site visitor may book the tour online. PlanetYakutia.com is bilingual, in Russian and English languages.
Posted in Editorial, Services, Travel | Also tagged contact, NTC Yakutia, online booking, online reservation, PlanetYakutia, tourism, tours, Travel, travel company, travel operator |
By bolot | Published:
May 15, 2009
In the course of the week received two requests with the same question like “Do you know the contact info of the Yakutsk-based expert, who can give profound information on how climate changes affect melting permafrost.” The first inquiry arrived from two world-known photographers and another from a Swedish journalist.
By bolot | Published:
April 29, 2009
That’s really great news. Yakutia Airlines made breakthrough, irrespective of the world crisis. At present, travelers may reach Magadan and then Petropavlosk Kamchatsk from Yakutsk by Flight 409. The airplane departs weekly on Saturday. One-way ticket costs around 20000 rubles (~450 EUR).
Posted in Answers, Editorial, Services, Travel | Also tagged airlines, downloads, flight, Magadan, Petropavlosk Kamchatsk, rates, schedule, summer, timetable |
