Kirill Yasko · EN

Travel

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  2016-02-23·EN

  By car in Spain (rental)

  In the winter of 2016, my wife and I decided to bask a little in the sun and at the same time «run in» the Schengen visa by going on a trip to Spain in a rented car. This is not the first experience of auto travel, before that we traveled in this way in Turkey, Mexico and Sri Lanka.…
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  2014-01-17·EN

  Playing with papers on the forehead.

  During a recent winter hike in the Carpathians amid crazy trash and hard weather, we suddenly «Drawing» a calm and sincere evening. We were sitting warm (at the weather station), full, almost dry and not too tired, there was nothing to do and we decided to play guessing games with pieces of paper on our foreheads.
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  2011-09-17·EN

  Fires in Montenegro

  Today on the radio they broadcast about forest fires in Montenegro. Podgorica (the capital of the country) is covered in smoke, doctors advise not to leave the house.We drove there at the end of August (returning from a campaign) and even then the forests were burning. The smell of smoke in the city was still barely distinguishable, and we did…
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  2011-08-17·EN

  Leaving for Montenegro

  Today I did not sleep until 5 am — I thought what to write here… It’s a joke. In fact, the last night before a long journey, I traditionally devoted to drawing maps for GPS. It’s very reassuring and gives you confidence. Therefore, now I am so calm that I can sleep even standing up. Although deep down I still…
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  2011-04-24·EN

  To Crimea by car — review of the route through Odessa

  In 2011 we decided to go to Crimea (from Kyiv) along a new route — through Odessa. Before that, we drove through Pervomaisk and through Zaporozhye. The decision was taken spontaneously — in the sense that we did not have any evidence that it was better this way.As a result of the experiment, we ended up … in the Crimea…
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  2010-11-12·EN

  Jewelry from Nepal

  Having returned after trekking to the capital of Nepal (Kathmandu), our group plunged headlong into shopping, the taste of which we managed to feel (and fall in love with) even before the trip. People bought magnets, calendars, paintings, t-shirts with embroidery, exotic bags and woolen products. I, oddly enough, concentrated exclusively on jewelry from Nepal.The question is, what adorns a…
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  2010-11-04·EN

  I was stung by a scorpion

  During last year’s hike in the Turkish mountains, a scorpion stung me. Now I will probably become Spider-Man and spend day and night saving humanity. But while I am still a normal person, I can spare a couple of minutes to tell you about this incident.
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  2010-07-12·EN

  Day 13. Worshiping Lake Tilicho

  When I look at the photos taken at Lake Tilicho, I don't see anything special about it. Just water at the foot of an ice-covered mountain. That can be said about the picture, a pale copy, but never about the original. When you crawl up to it, having spent your entire supply of vital energy on the endless climb, it — the Great Lake — is so vast, and you — a human being — are so small, that the only thing you have a right to do is pray quietly.
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  2010-06-07·EN

  Roe deer voice

  Yesterday, scouting out a new area for hiking, I wandered through the beech forest near Eski-Yurt. And in addition to three thousand mosquitoes and twenty ticks, I managed to meet a male roe deer (in the photo — a female). Moreover, I recorded the jumps and the amazing voice of the roe deer on video. I walked along the path…
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  2010-06-03·EN

  Fragments of the Turkish campaign.

  I have no time to write a detailed report on the recently completed Turkish campaign (along the Lycian path). And I don’t want to be stubbornly silent either, and I want to share photos. Therefore, this time I will make my story in the form of short comments to the pictures — no chronology and completeness, just fragments of the…
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  2010-04-20·EN

  Day 12. On the border with Mexico

  Where does Mexico come from in the heart of the Himalayas? And where did a corner of our Motherland come from (my address is not a house or a street, my address is the Soviet Union)?In my opinion, there is no mysticism here — a simple movement of souls.Route: Khangasar — Tilicho base camp.Traveled: 10 km in 5 hoursThe total…
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  2010-04-19·EN

  Turkey by car, day 2 — Around Olympus.

  The owner of the agency did not deceive — the car was new. The odometer showed a mileage of 5000 km, and to further emphasize the novelty, the protective films were not removed from the doors. To be honest, getting behind the wheel, I felt timid under the strict gaze of the owner. Thank God, he didn’t run after the…
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  2010-04-01·EN

  Turkey by car, day 1 — Kyiv, Antalya, Kemer.

  We approached the first day of the trip having adequately prepared: with a bad cold, inhuman fatigue and a clear understanding of the fact that the route was poorly worked out. The plane Kyiv-Antalya was expected somewhere around 7 am, so we hardly had to sleep. I came home at midnight (I was at Rammstein concert), while I shared my…
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  2010-03-24·EN

  Day 11. Rooftop picnic.

  The «noon» sequence begins again (from the word «half-day», although «noon» is also suitable). This is when you wake up early in the morning, start walking and bam! — It’s only 12 on the clock, and you’ve already reached your destination 82_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F» title=»Horror Film Final Destination» >movie of the same name completely spoiled the karma of this phrase).A long-standing tourist…
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  2010-03-20·EN

  Traveling around Turkey in a rental car.

  Results of the trip. To satisfy the curiosity of the most impatient, I will start from the end — i.e. from the results of a trip to Turkey: It turns out that Tu
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  2010-03-07·EN

  Day 10. Song of the mountain mermaid.

  One-day trips to the «height» with a mandatory evening retreat to the previous mark is an important component of the process of high-altitude acclimatization… Well, if it’s important, then you have to implement it. Today we are going to the radial to Ice Lake — almost one and a half kilometers up.Route: Braga — Ice Lake (Quecho) — BragaTraveled: 12.5…
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  2010-03-05·EN

  Day 09 Braga treatment.

  Altitude sickness exacerbates existing illnesses. My slight runny nose, under the influence of altitude, transformed into something globally oppressive. To combat the disease, I applied the treatment of Braga (a village near Manang) — I just spent the whole afternoon in bed in a hotel.Route: Lower Pisang — Humde — BragaTraveled: 13 km in 5 hours, evening radial 2 km…
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  2010-02-28·EN

  Day 08. Past the gates of Paradise.

  Gate of Paradise, as a visual aid on the Himalayan scale. Grebenshchikov on the way to the Buddhist monks. The first «high-altitude jokes» of the body.Route: Chame — Bratang — Lower PisangTraveled: 16 km in 5.5 hours, evening radial 2.5 km in 2 hoursThe total ascent is 1100 m, the total descent is 700 m.Altitude above sea level: 3240 m.Terrain:…
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  2010-02-24·EN

  Day 07. Hot water turned off.

  We continue to get acquainted with the features of the Himalayan cold. The air temperature is positive all the time, but you freeze at the same time, like the last chicken. Probably, the height begins to act. In such conditions, the main test of the day becomes evening bathing (in hot water, which was turned off).Route: Danagyu — Temang —…
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  2010-02-19·EN

  Day 06 — Lazy day.

  Мы так рано и так быстро «стартанули» утром, что уже к полудню были в поселке запланированном для ночлега. Была мысль идти дальше, но победила лень, и стремление не нарушать график высотной акклиматизации. Маршрут: Таль — Дхарапани — Данагю Пройдено 14 км за 6 часов, плюс радиалка 2,6 км за 1,5 часа Общий подъем – 1000 м, общий спуск – 300…
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  2010-02-17·EN

  Day 05. Farewell to palm trees.

  Still a tropical day, but on the last evening pass we notice the first harbingers of the approaching Height. Cold evening in a warm company, linguistic attempts No. 1. Benefits of an early start. Signs of infection observed.Route: Syanzh — Zhagat — TalTraveled 17 km in 9 hoursTotal ascent — 980 m, total descent — 520 mAltitude above sea level:…
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  2010-02-15·EN

  Day 04. Finally on foot.

  Only on the fourth day of the journey did the actual campaign begin. After endless sitting in airplanes and buses, I really wanted to walk. Out of habit, walking was not easy, shoulders ached from heavy backpacks. Very warm but not hot. There are many villages around, rice fields, almost jungle on the slopes. The valley is dominated by the…
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  2010-02-14·EN

  Day 03. Only buses

  The whole day was spent in Nepalese buses. The comfort of buses is inversely proportional to the distance to the capital. First, a half-empty tourist one, then the roof of the regular one, the overcrowded interior of the regular one, and finally a wild jump on potholes in an all-terrain minibus.Route: Kathmandu — Dumre — Besisahar — BhulbhuleTraveled: 160 km…
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  2010-02-14·EN

  Day 02. Kathmandu, permits, ATMs.

  An already fragile sleep was completely destroyed when at 5 am the muezzin yelled from the loudspeakers. Allah Akbar and so on. Contrary to my expectations, no one rushed towards the prayer rooms. Apparently, it is not supposed to be late, and everyone who deemed it necessary went there in advance.We looked at the reception desk, heard the duty “Dont…
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  2010-02-05·EN

  Nepal travel calendar

  In order not to get confused by the names and dates, in this post I publish a summary table. Where and when we were, how far we went, what we saw. From here, later, I will make links to a detailed description of each day of travel in Nepal.For starters, some statistics: in 33 days of travel, we covered 368…
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  2010-01-14·EN

  List of equipment for trekking in Nepal

  In order to choose the right set of clothes and equipment for a hike, you need to have a very good idea of ​​what awaits you — climate, terrain, loads. Going to the «native» mountains (Crimea, Carpathians) I know all this by 98% and therefore the choice is simple, and the backpack is light — no more than 10 kg.…
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  2010-01-13·EN

  Preparing for a trip to Nepal.

  Подготовка началась примерно за два месяца до поездки. Это не значит, что два месяца мы только то и делали, что собирали чемоданы. Нет. Чемоданы мы собирали всего неделю, а все остальное время шла довольно ленивая информационная подготовка. Для начала я cкачал путеводитель Lonely Planet по Непалу. Отдельные главы из этого путеводителя я распечатал в уменьшенном формате (8 страниц на 1…
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  2010-01-12·EN

  Story (report) about a trip to Nepal.

  I returned from Nepal at the end of November. Over the past month and a half, I managed to promise a whole bunch of people that soon, soon I would write a miracle report and acquaint everyone with it. I really have a sea of ​​​​ideas for a report, but somehow there is no time to write everything. Apparently, to…
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  2010-01-08·EN

  The Silence of the Guitars

  A couple of days ago I returned from the Carpathians, where I led a winter hike along the route » White silence». In my opinion, everything went very well. The weather pleased us with a variety of temperatures (from +5 to -16) and types of precipitation. Well, we adequately responded to nature by demonstrating our incomparable splash protection combined with…