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

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

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

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

Oaxaca is a state in central Mexico and a city, its capital. Today we will make a journey into the history of ancient Mexico and get acquainted with what remains of the ancient civilisations that inhabited these territories several millennia agoRead more