Protected: The unbelievable filmmaking feats of our American friends on the Kuril expedition.

Our tour of South America next took us to Brazil; specifically – to the city of Manaus (after a few adventures in São Paulo). But Manaus was just our base. The attraction was something a lot bigger and a lot more famous (just noticed – its Wikipedia page comes in a full 200 languages; rarely […]

Bye-bye, Atacama Desert!… We pile into the cars, double-check we haven’t forgotten any suitcases or bags, and hit the road. Where to? The airport, of course!… The nearest airport is in the small city of Calama, about 100km from our cozy digs in San Pedro de Atacama:

I’d heard a lot about the thermal fields and geysers in Chile, and figured it was time to go see them for myself since the photos online were kind of underwhelming. // Let me say this right away: Atacama does have thermal fields – but geysers? None. That’s why the “geyser” photos from there look […]

We didn’t have much free time in St. Petersburg after the conference on the future of cybersecurity, so we only had room for one bit of sightseeing – a visit to the Krassin icebreaker museum… The Krassin is a storied ship whose history is truly fascinating – but I’ll get to that in a bit. […]

One morning – not too early, but still dark out – we piled into our vehicles and rolled out of Ust-Kut toward the ice road, heading for the town of Mirny (here)… The weather was treating us well – a balmy -22°C for this time of year. We sure didn’t expect that!

Atacama – pt. 1 Atacama – pt. 2 Atacama – pt. 3 So, shall we keep moving across the majestic mountain expanses of Chile’s Atacama? Of course we shall! How could there be a different answer? We didn’t come here for boredom, relaxation, assorted sybaritism, or spiritual languishing. We’re contemplative tourists. Show us the views […]