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| Moscow to the End of the Line Posted 27 Aug 2009 by Nick Harper  Well, nearly anyway.After flying from London to Moscow and spending 3 days sightseeing in the Russian capital, my friend Rich and I boarded the Trans-Mongolian train that would take us all the way through to Beijing. Our 2-berth cabin was supremely well kitted out. We had two beds....and a small shelf. Luxury travel it was not, but any bed was duly welcome considering the 6 day journey that...more... |
| Khakassia-Tuva report 2008 Posted 10 Feb 2009 by Evgeny  Russia, Khakassia-Tuva, 8 Days, 150 kmThe East Sayan ridge stretches from Tuva and Khakassia to Krasnoyarsk krai. The highest point of this ridge is Kyzil Taiga (3122m) mountain in east Tuva. There are world of wild and untouched nature. We have decided to do a circuit route through Khakassia and Tuva in august 2008. Our international group consist of participans from Bydgozhsh (Poland), Mia...more... |
| Khakassia hiking 2007 - Trip report Posted 21 Aug 2007 by Evgeny  On August 4 the 2007 year we had left Abakan and was travelling to theTuva by minibus. Like the previous year we have an inter-regional membership - people from Abakan, Chernogorsk, Tomsk, Mezhdurechensk, Chernogolovka. Khakassian landscapes were changing outside the window of the minibus - steppe, hills, mountains covered with forest - while we went south. Asckis, Tashtyp, Abaza... The...more... |
| Khakassia hiking 2007 - Trip report part 3 Posted 23 Jan 2007 by Evgeny From the one side we saw Tuvinian mountains of 3,000 metres or higher, on another side we saw notched peaks, and from the third side we saw smoothed mountains and many lakes - huge and tiny. Filled with energy we start downwarding. At a snowfiled we were gliding on boots like on skis :) At the foot of the mountain I and Maras went to see waterfall. While walking up I glanced at distant moun...more... |
| Khakassia hiking 2007 - Part 2 Posted 22 Jan 2007 by Evgeny At the halfway the footpath again croosed the Karatosh river - the crossing was a real adventure. Soon the forest zone had finished and we were walking on the swampy highland tundra with a dwarf birch bushes. To lake Posarym - the purpose of our today's trip - we got at twilight. The Posarym lake quite big, very beautiful, there are many comfortable camping places. Beside the lake we met m...more... |
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