Travel blog by a global nomad
Phew! They still exist! Anyone who has read my blogs over the last several weeks would be fully aware that I have been very disillusioned by the reception received by the Russians at my current place of employment in Far East Russia. Previous experiences on ice breakers and another mining camp had led me to [...]
Ever closer I creep to seeing a grizzly bear up close and personal (but hopefully safely!) Today, I finally get to escape the hostility of the Russians towards us expats for 3 and a bit weeks. True to form, they managed to delay my departure for the 8 hour drive to Magadan by an hour, [...]
The nice thing about being in exploration is you get kicked outside -whether its a nice day or not! Today looked pretty darn awful – big dark grey clouds racing across the sky, a few angry rain drops hitting the ground. But, it never developed into a full on storm swept day. So I got [...]
Getting there… Getting closer… The bears must be getting hungrier and bolder!
After a glorious evening taking pictures of the beautiful Russian taiga flowers as the sun set, I had a bird’s eye view of the rubbish dump as we came down the hill – same as the other night. “I think I see a… yes, [...]
Last night in this little hidden valley in Far East Russia was just about perfect. After several days of dreary conditions and endless heavy rain showers, the blue sky finally reasserted itself and blew the clouds away by dinner time.
Faced with a beautiful sub-arctic evening, there was nought for me to do but go out [...]
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