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  1. kazysmmm avatar

    RE:

    by kazysmmm 20 April 2012

    +"...i'm mostly thinking about soviet bunkers, prisons, kgb headquarters, open air museums. I have heard about a really good soviet bunker…

  2. lelapinquitue avatar

    Re: From the USA to Kamchatka

    by lelapinquitue 14 April 2012

    Some information from Bering Air: +We most often fly to Provideniya and Anadyr, and occasionally to Magadan. Our current seat fare price…

  3. Chicagobest avatar

    Re: From the USA to Kamchatka

    by Chicagobest 05 March 2012

    I have been to Ketchikan on the Alaska State Ferry. It is pretty, but very touristic. They have had the Kamchatka-Tokyo flight in past…

  4. EddyV avatar

    RE: Overland Expedition to Kamchatka

    by EddyV 19 February 2012

    Some guys made it from Magadan to Chukotka in jeeps in 2009 but seemed to think they were pretty lucky, had good conditions and the route…

  5. Topcat1188 avatar

    Re: Overland Expedition to Kamchatka

    by Topcat1188 19 February 2012

    Just for the curiousity factor, you say ATVs could go over from Magadan to Kamchatka, could you define an ATV, like obviously the big…

  6. bristolnewbie avatar

    RE: Belgrade - Budapest - Vienna - Bratislava - Communist Era

    by bristolnewbie 28 January 2012

    +If you like Communist buildings, you would love Minsk.+ And Magadan too, but OP clearly stated that where he`s going to! +In Budapest…

  7. markfawkner avatar

    RE: Google Maps Game

    by markfawkner 21 December 2011

    I got the same ferry as #5 and a distance of of 28,151 Cape Town to Russia, Magadan.

  8. RayCCroc avatar

    RE: Google Maps Game

    by RayCCroc 21 December 2011

    [Cape Town - Magadan|http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Cape+Town,+Western+Cape,+South+Africa&daddr=Russia,+Magadan&hl=en&sll=15.344665,76.…

  9. Chicagobest avatar

    Re: From the USA to Kamchatka

    by Chicagobest 11 December 2011

    Thanks Vladair, I meat to post this too. Good news. The press reports I read also said Vladivostok Air hopes to expand service in 2013…

  10. ben_hanscombe avatar

    RE: In 25 years independant travelling only 2x in hostels

    by ben_hanscombe 07 November 2011

    'Touristic' compared to what? I stayed in a hostel in Irkutsk a few years back, which is more touristed than, say, Yakutsk or Magadan…

  11. Chicagobest avatar

    RE: From the USA to Kamchatka

    by Chicagobest 21 September 2011

    Thanks for the tip, skyscanner.ru looks good. The key is getting a cheap Magadan-Kamchatka ticket. Then you can return to Magadan…

  12. Chicagobest avatar

    Re: From the USA to Kamchatka

    by Chicagobest 19 September 2011

    Chukhoktavia has service from Provideniya to Anadyr and on to Magadan. I could not find a Magadan-Yakutia service, but I bet there is…

  13. EddyV avatar

    RE: From the USA to Kamchatka

    by EddyV 18 September 2011

    Actually Chukotka and Kamchatka both have pretty large networks of temporary winter roads working from January / February to May, made…

  14. Chicagobest avatar

    Re: From the USA to Kamchatka

    by Chicagobest 17 September 2011

    Great post by EddyV . I was speaking of Provideniya and Anadyr when I disparaged towns in Chukhotka. I think it is too expensive to…

  15. WaterhazardJack avatar

    RE: Off the beaten track in Russia

    by WaterhazardJack 11 September 2011

    +Well, there are plenty of off-the-beaten-track places in European Russia, some of them several hours from Moscow. One does not need necessa…

  16. Chicagobest avatar

    RE: From the USA to Kamchatka

    by Chicagobest 11 September 2011

    Yblanter is of course correct. I was told by Bering Air 4 years ago that that had to fly to Provideniya and (rarer) Anadyr, with a load…

  17. sibumi avatar

    Yakutia and Kolyma highway (Road of bones): Questions&Answers

    by sibumi 06 September 2011

    Hi! I'm Egor. I live in Yakutsk, center of Yakutia, biggest region at far east-north of Russia. If you have any question about my city,…

  18. yblanter avatar

    RE: Off the beaten track in Russia

    by yblanter 29 August 2011

    Well, there are plenty of off-the-beaten-track places in European Russia, some of them several hours from Moscow. One does not need necessar…

  19. EddyV avatar

    RE: Off the beaten track in Russia

    by EddyV 18 August 2011

    I also disagree that off the beaten track places are uninteresting. Being off the beaten track in Russia is actually usually not due to…

  20. jaoto avatar

    RE: plans for a trip to Siberia III

    by jaoto 13 July 2011

    Ruth, I mainly posted Hans' link because of the info of the region, not the accuracy of some photographs of old timetables. I mainly…

  21. EddyV avatar

    RE: hypothetical question about Yakutsk - Bering Strait - Alaska

    by EddyV 20 June 2011

    early spring is the best time to travel in Chukotka coz the ice on rivers is thickest and yes, a few trucks and atvs link settlements…

  22. _vikram avatar

    hypothetical question about Yakutsk - Bering Strait - Alaska

    by _vikram 19 June 2011

    Just daydreaming really, but why not ask! Say I begin in Yakutsk, got a lift on a truck on the Road of Bones to Magadan. From there it's…

  23. EddyV avatar

    RE: Overland Expedition to Kamchatka

    by EddyV 20 May 2011

    It's not. The thread is not about walking in Kamchatka. It's about walking from Magadan to Kamchatka. This would be 1500km through almost…

  24. saius avatar

    road of bones

    by saius 20 May 2011

    Hi everybody!! I'm planning my next trip in siberia and russian far east.. Do someone know if in Susuman is possible to find one hotel…

  25. pglennie avatar

    Overland Expedition to Kamchatka

    by pglennie 05 May 2011

    Hello, This is quite an obscure request for information but we'll see if anyone has any. I am beginning plans for an overland expedition…

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