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24.03.2023 2023 Russia

In vain they call the North extreme ...

-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

07.03.2023 2023 AsiaVietnam

On two wheels across Vietnam. Part 2

The adventures in Vietnam continue! Chapter 7: Hue - Hoyang. The ancient capital of Vietnam, the city of Hue, was not particularly impressive. The citadel is a city surrounded by a wall with several gates and a moat with water, inside is another complex - the emperor's residence, tombs, pagodas, gardens, cannons...Read more

22.01.2023 2023 AsiaVietnam

On two wheels across Vietnam. Part 1

After a pint of Spaten with a Bavarian sausage and french fries in the beautiful new Terminal C at Sheremetyevo Airport, we went to the gate to board flight SU 232 Moscow-New Delhi. Five and a half hours flight and we are in the capital of India.Read more

16.10.2022 2022 BalkansEurope

The Wonderful Balkans: Albania, Montenegro, Serbia

A new super bridge across the Dardanelles Strait impressed me with its scale! Although the Crimean bridge is actually four times longer, this one is different. It's the largest suspended bridge in the world that is supported by only two pillars, 334 m high each. Unfortunately, there was no viewpoint and I couldn't take a picture of the bridge from a suitable angle.Read more

17.09.2022 2022 AsiaEuropeTurkey

Turkey: a human ancient history journey

We are travelling around eastern Turkey, and it seems that we are going through the human ancient history period. Kars, Doğubayazıt, Van are the cities, whose history goes back not even centuries, but millennia! Today we had lunch in the city of Diyarbakir on the Tigris River, and stayed overnight in the city of Sanliurfa on the Euphrates RiverRead more

13.09.2022 2022 ArmeniaGeorgia

It's not just one khash that deserves the attention. Motorbike journey around Georgia and Armenia.

Part 1. Georgia. A huge motionless column of trucks stretched for a dozen kilometers, pressed against the roadside. The column of cars was a lot shorter and moved slowly to the left side of the trucks. We passed both columns in the oncoming lane and stopped 30 m before the checkpointRead more

Across Mexico on two wheels

It took a three-hour-long flight by Turkish Airlines from airport Vnukovo to Istanbul, two hours waiting between flights, another 15 endless hours in the air, flying over Europe, Greenland, Canada, America and finally we landed at a huge airport in the capital of MexicoRead more

24.11.2021 2021 AsiaEuropeTurkey

The Motorbike journey across Turkey

Istanbul is a great city, located on two continents simultaneously. We were greeted with drizzle and rather cool weather.Read more

A motorbike journey to the Edge of the World, part 3. Shikotan

A motorbike trip to Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands. A small green tug with painted Japanese hieroglyphs on the board buried its nose into the side of a huge ship Igor Farkhutdinov, pushing it to the pier.Read more

A motorbike journey to the Edge of the World, part 2. Kunashir

The Korsakov seaport, where ships depart from for the Kurile Islands, is located 40 km from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Yandex taxi will take you there in 40 minutes and it will cost you 1100 roubles.Read more