Russia

Three months ago my old friend Eugene Pyatigorsky phoned me and made an unexpected offer. — Would you like to take part in the Silk Way Rally this summer? — Pardon? As who? Isn't it an advanced race, in which professionals compete? Like participants and winners of Dakar and other world rally raids. And I'm not a sportsman, I'm a traveller. — So your answer is "no"? — No, of course, I agree! When does it start?Read more

-Why Vorkuta? Why there, and even in February? - My friends' surprised questions suggest some more or less sensible answer. But there is no such answer. At 21.50 on platform 1 of track 1, the fast train Moscow-Vorkuta departs. The series "Journey to Vorkuta" lasts 40Read more

Well, finally we reached the genuine Altai. The one where you see snow on the top of the mountains, stormy rivers overflowing their banks, feel pure air, enjoy picturesque roads surrounded by the rocks on which some tall pine trees grow!Read more

I haven't been to this fabulous peninsula, which I love very much and consider to be my second homeland, for long. That time the bridge was still under construction and the road across Kerch wasn't a pleasant experience.Read more

20 kilometres from Gelendzhik in the area of the village of Kabardinka there is a very unusual attraction that appeared here two years ago. A huge dry cargo ship with the romantic name Rio was washed ashore by a storm in December 2018.Read more

Once again, for the third time this fall, I am returning to the Caucasus. 2850 rubles for a ticket from Domodedovo to Mineralnye Vody, two hours in the air, 20 minutes by taxi to Pyatigorsk, and here we are again, reunited with my trusty steed, who patiently waited for me for two weeks under the apple trees in the yard of a kind person.Read more

Continuing our motorcycle adventure through the North Caucasus. This time our route starts in Karachay-Cherkessia. Plateau Bermamyt is a unique place, not very difficult to reach in dry weather, although we had to cover about 40 km on rough terrainRead more