There is a place on the earth where everything is filled with all possible tones of blue all year round. A month ago I discovered this place — the Galapagos Islands. White people discovered the Galápagos Islands in 1535 when a Spanish ship came upon them after being blown off course by a storm. The islands were […]
A stone’s throw away Many people believe that so called Kapchagai Buddhas is the only Buddhist monument in Semirechye, if not in the whole Kazakhstan. In order to verify these data I went to the Alakol Lake in search of other Buddhist monuments. I’d like to note that you need to have a car to […]
Probably late autumn is not the right time for visiting this city. However, it is this dull weather that cloaks the city with a mysterious atmosphere… I flew to Kiev from Almaty on a plane of the AeroSvit company: recently this has been the most convenient, fastest and cheapest means of air communication between Ukraine […]
I went to the United States on a business trip directly connected with tourism, so I tried to see there as much as possible. Having enjoyed the views of Alaska with its mountains and national parks and California with its famous beaches, movie industry and wines, we were looking forward to visiting the Great New […]
I confess — California is the only place on the Earth where I’d like to live. It was not very difficult for me to get to the USA. All I had to do was to present the required documents, pay for the visa and, most importantly, explain the purpose of my visit to the consul […]
When I was 20 years old I read an amazing publication named The Whole Earth Catalog which was published by a guy from California called Stewart Brand. That rarity was made with the help of a typewriter, scissors and Polaroid in the 60s, when there were no personl computers yet. It was a kind of Google in […]
When you come to Alaska one immediately realizes the vastness of the territory the former Russian Empire lost to North America together with its incredible beauty and natural resources. While the young United States were actively conquering the Wild West after the Civil War of 1861-1865, the Russian Empire abandoned its far away colony and […]
Whenever it is time for a holiday, a typical question comes up – where to go? As a rule, the imagination gets exhausted rather quickly. America and South Africa – too far and expensive. Ski resorts – some time later. Southeast Asia – rainy season. Partying resorts have been visited many times… But you want […]
You have never been to the Great Wall of China? You have never been to China! This statement enhanced our motivation to get acquainted with the Celestial Empire’s capital as close as possible. At the same time, we had only one day for this. My next expedition to Tibet started in Beijing. The Aeroflot […]