By bolot | Published:
January 4, 2009
This is incredible. A Swiss backpacker asked me about homestay possibilities in Yakutsk. I started thinking. At my place no free space is available. Kids, you know. His question seemed to stay without a positive response. But I went another way
By bolot | Published:
January 2, 2009
Accepted a lot of questions from Marie, of windy Chicago. Three dozens, maybe. All of them about Yakutsk and its dwellers’ way of life in the winter. I had two attempts to answer and, sorry, made Marie waiting for the reply a few days, because I was sick and busy later.
By bolot | Published:
December 30, 2008
Wish you bright warm days all the year round, your dreams come true, health, prosperity and happiness not leaving your beloved and you!
Posted in Editorial, Photo | Also tagged Photo |
By bolot | Published:
December 14, 2008
It’s now, actually. If to be more accurate, the best period for such visits is from the midth of December till the end of January. It is the very time to feel -50°C and less even in Yakutsk. Check out the table and my recent photographs.
By bolot | Published:
December 11, 2008
A Swiss, who plans to travel across Yakutia and go back to Moscow by train, asked a few questions about availability of railroad stations in the region. My answer is following:
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged Aldan, car, Nerungri, railroad, rates, roads, taxi, Tommot, Travel |
By bolot | Published:
December 8, 2008
Yeee, we are in the midst of intensely cold weather. December is prominent here for minus 40 degrees Celsius (-40F). The first day with registered -40C was December 5, 2008. Praise God, there were no strong winds, otherwise we couldn’t stand it.
By bolot | Published:
December 7, 2008
Real winter arrived in Yakutsk. Fog, cold, slow driving became a part of our daily life. Watch the 30-sec video shot on Dec. 7, 2008. That’s the view on the intersection from my window.
By bolot | Published:
December 2, 2008
Today I was interviewed by a RussiaToday TV Channel reporter. The channel has the program “Russia Close-Up”. It’s a unique series on RT, travelling to hard-to-reach places, revealing the answers to your questions. Last 20 days a RT team was travelling across the region and has aired many videos. Some of them are available on [...]
Posted in Answers, Editorial, General, Locations, Travel, Video | Also tagged car, Coldest City, Editorial, ethnography, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, population, roads, RussiaToday, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Video, winter, Winter Exotica |
By bolot | Published:
November 27, 2008
Just decided to take pictures of what I see daily on the way to my job place and back home.
By bolot | Published:
November 27, 2008
Further, please, find the list of distances between republic’s towns and Yakutsk:
Posted in Answers, Travel | Also tagged Aldan, car, Coldest City, Lensk, Mirny, Nerungri, Nurba, Olekminsk, Pokrovsk, roads, Srednekolymsk, taxi, Tommot, tourism, Travel, Udachny, Verkhoyansk, Viluisk |
