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Brief intermission in among the Tales from the Permafrost Side!… Moscow for the tourist: there’s plenty to do and see. But after several days filled with Red Square, St. Basil’s, the Kremlin, the Arbat, Tverskaya, the Park of Victory, the Tretyakov Gallery and the Pushkin Museum… what else is there? Well here’s one worthy suggestion, […]

After yesterday’s 900km to Chita, we were up early for another 700 to Ulan Ude, with a brief stop at Ivolginsky Datsan along the Baikal Highway: But before setting off we needed to make a few changes: First – to the cars we were driving. As per the plan, we said goodbye to the hardy […]

The full length (!) of the Kolyma Highway from Magadan to Yakutsk – done. The full length (!) of the Lena Highway from Yakutsk to Never – done. In the village of Never we take a right turn westward – and start out along the Amur Highway… Goodbye Lena! ->

Next up for us in our car trip across Russia – the Amur Oblast town of Tynda, informally referred to as the ‘Capital of BAM’, BAM being the Baikal-Amur Mainline – a second pan-Russia railroad in addition to the famed Trans-Siberian Railway (running parallel to it, approximately 700km north of it). A mere -31˚C. Soon […]

Having driven the full length of the Kolyma Highway from Magadan to Yakutsk (via the Pole of Cold / Oymyakon), and walked around Yakutsk for a day, it was time to moving along – further on our pan-Russia road trip… Ahead of us lay 1200 kilometers of the Lena Highway heading south, until it meets […]

Yesterday I told you how, since returning from our Magadan–Moscow road trip, I’ve been asked quite a few times how we dressed before venturing out into -50°C on the first leg of the trip – along the Kolyma Highway. Today, I’ll be telling you about something else I’ve been asked a lot about: how we […]