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Re: Navigating the Kuril Islands

by sailingmaster 14 May 2012

Hi You could visit Kuril islands with us on the sailboat in june 16 to july 2. More information here: http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/in…
RE: Navigating the Kuril Islands

by EddyV 16 April 2012

There are regular ferries to the Kurils but they go from Sakhalin, not Kamchatka, and stop off at a few different islands. So you could…
RE: Navigating the Kuril Islands

by everbrite 16 April 2012

I don't think it is possible or realistic to hitch rides from island to island. I am not sure that there is an international border crossing…
Navigating the Kuril Islands

by vchip1 16 April 2012

Traveling from Kamchatka to Japan via the Kuril Islands has been a dream of mine for the past year. I have not been able to speak with…
RE: Countries that don't share land borders, but are visible from one another

by micolett 07 February 2012

England and France, on a clear day, from Calais or Dover for instance. Japan and Russia (the Kuril Islands are visible from north Hokkaïdo…
Re: canoeing the kril islands (Kamchatka to japan)

by AndrewSmith 09 April 2010

Some of the Kuril islands are disputed territory between Russia and Japan. It hasn't happened recently, but in the past there have been…
RE: canoeing the kril islands (Kamchatka to japan)

by zashibis 09 December 2009

An open canoe on the Sea of Okhotsk? Well, if you say so... The Kuril Islands are part of Sakhalin Oblast' and access is tightly controll…
RE: canoeing the kril islands (Kamchatka to japan)

by everbrite 09 December 2009

You might want to read this thread: [Hokkaido and the Kurils|http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/message.jspa?messageID=16127275]. …
RE: Hokkaido and Kuril Islands?

by Glenski 10 September 2009

I lived in Sapporo for several years. Despite the fact that is has 2 million people, there really isn't all that much to do as a tourist…
RE: Hokkaido and Kuril Islands?

by rhythm_blues 10 September 2009

Thanks for the feedback. We'll keep mulling it over, but it sounds like there is so much to do in Hokkaido that we could have a good…
RE: Hokkaido and Kuril Islands?

by everbrite 25 August 2009

There was a post of a biologist looking for people to travel in this area in September. Try searching this branch. Ruth
Re: Hokkaido and Kuril Islands?

by Lonelier_Planet 25 August 2009

My apologies for the slightly outdated picture I painted earlier about the accommodation and airport situations in the Kurils. In any…
Re: Hokkaido and Kuril Islands?

by rogerkiwi9 25 August 2009

Just found this *Introducing Kuril Islands* The stunningly beautiful, rugged 56-island chain of the Kuril Islands arc like stepping…
RE: Hokkaido and Kuril Islands?

by rogerkiwi9 25 August 2009

I checked out the cost of sailing to Saharin but was surprised how expensive it was
Re: Hokkaido and Kuril Islands?

by Lonelier_Planet 24 August 2009

The ferry from Wakkanai (at the top of Hokkaido) goes to Sakhalin, the big island directly north of Hokkaido. And there are regular commerci…
RE: Hokkaido and Kuril Islands?

by Glenski 24 August 2009

yes, you can make do with trains and buses on Hokkaido. A car would be an added expense (and a hefty one!), but at least you'd be more…
Hokkaido and Kuril Islands?

by rhythm_blues 24 August 2009

We are thinking of going to Hokkaido next summer. We've been to other parts of Japan, but never this far north. We're looking forward…
RE: Just got back from Russia : The lowdown!

by flachlandtiroler 05 August 2009

+You are aware that Britain is one of only two super-nuclear powers with Trident, aren't you?+ It looks like some Britons have an over-in…
Re: Kuril Islands + Kamchatka: September - interested in joining?

by ZeetM 03 August 2009

Thanks for the comments. I hope I'll find someone more - with less than 10 of us it's not going to work. It's a shame that it's so expensive…
Re: Kuril Islands + Kamchatka: September - interested in joining?

by trebor123 20 July 2009

Also try posting on www.redtape.ru and www.expat.ru There are many well paid professional people who use those sites who are based…
RE: Kuril Islands + Kamchatka: September - interested in joining?

by alexander_vi 19 July 2009

I am definitely interested.
RE: Kuril Islands + Kamchatka: September - interested in joining?

by everbrite 19 July 2009

You might want to consider posting this on other websites like: waytorussia.net mosttraveledpeople.com/ etc. And on the NEAsia branch…
Kuril Islands + Kamchatka: September - interested in joining?

by ZeetM 19 July 2009

Hello I am organizing a small expedition to the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka at the end of september. I am a biologist from Oxford univers…
RE: Kuril Islands - Hokkaido

by ZeetM 05 October 2008

Thanks everybody, I am checking ferries (trying to get a lift from the Fesco cargos) and helicopters (but it seems too expensive). Any…
Re: Kuril Islands - Hokkaido

by toronto1505 30 September 2008

There are no flights to Kamchatka from Japan, and most of the flights to Kuril islands (and those "most" are not daily flights, especially…