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RE: Help Needed to Plan our trip

by jaoto 23 May 2012

>add Veliky Novgorod I think it is a strange destination for a Trans-siberian journey. With the *very* limited time they have available…
RE: Transmongolian express. Info about stop in Irkutsk

by jaoto 04 January 2012

>But I'm having some real troubles with deciding how long my stop in Irkutsk should be. Is 10 days too long? You can really spend from…
RE: Visa free travel between Russia and EU agreement reached

by WaterhazardJack 17 December 2011

I'm an eternal skeptic on this one so I think I'd better hold my tongue...but having said that, some wag will probably write back that…
Oymyakon trip

by mossynz 12 November 2011

Hi all, I'm planning a trip to Oymyakon, the "Pole of Cold" in late December 2011 - early January 2012. It's a 2-3 day drive by car from…
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…
RE: Independent travel to Yamal, Chukotka, Yakutka, and Russian arctic coast?

by EddyV 10 October 2011

yes all those places are accessible overland even in summer but its more difficult. In winter a huge network of temporary winter roads…
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…
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,…
RE: Trans siberian in october, or summer? Communist russia

by olgatkachenko 04 September 2011

+Typical business towns like Tyumen, Yakutsk, Novosibirsk are significantly more expensive than other Siberian towns. Hotel accomondation…
Re: Trans siberian in october, or summer? Communist russia

by jaoto 03 September 2011

>I'm taking 3 weeks off work (can probably push to 25 days) on of the things to keep in mind when planning such a trip is that the distan…
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…
Re: hypothetical question about Yakutsk - Bering Strait - Alaska

by alaskamatt 01 July 2011

Minor note: there are US customs clearance facilities in Nome!
RE: hypothetical question about Yakutsk - Bering Strait - Alaska

by EddyV 21 June 2011

shrejmann ive already answered it: yes there is a way from anadyr to uelen but parts are only passable by all terrain vehicles and snowmobil…
Re: hypothetical question about Yakutsk - Bering Strait - Alaska

by shrejmann 21 June 2011

Well i am going on a huge trip and i need an answer for an unsolved question! Is there anyway to go from anadyr to uelen ?
Re: hypothetical question about Yakutsk - Bering Strait - Alaska

by FelisPardalis 21 June 2011

There is no road from Nome to Fairbanks. Check back in a decade. You might hire the services of a musher in winter.
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…
RE: hypothetical question about Yakutsk - Bering Strait - Alaska

by _vikram 20 June 2011

what about late summer, once the rivers have subsided? or perhaps spring, when it's still frozen but there's daylight and the temperatures…
RE: hypothetical question about Yakutsk - Bering Strait - Alaska

by EddyV 20 June 2011

Although it's true that you should probably forget the idea of crossing the Bering Strait, there's no need to give up on the idea of road…
RE: hypothetical question about Yakutsk - Bering Strait - Alaska

by vukin 20 June 2011

This is promo trip in Yakutia at -40 which was prepared and sponsored. In Bering the same terrible conditions.Just look at the pictures.…
RE: hypothetical question about Yakutsk - Bering Strait - Alaska

by South_of_60 19 June 2011

Hi, Find an outfitter and go bear hunting!
RE: hypothetical question about Yakutsk - Bering Strait - Alaska

by everbrite 19 June 2011

>Could I pay a local fisherman or whatever to take me from Uelen to Wales? Apart from it being illegal in BOTH directions, and there…
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…
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…
RE: Has anyone been to the extreme North of Russia?

by EddyV 14 February 2011

I've been to Arctic Russia twice to areas requiring permits. Before I went both times people told me it was impossible due to permits…
Has anyone been to the extreme North of Russia?

by crackedpleasures 11 February 2011

I am currently reading through the Lonely Planet book "Greenland & The Arctic". The title may indicate it is mainly about Greenland, but…