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This is continuation of Part 1: Ekaterinburg – Yakutsk (BAM). The travelers drove all the way from Ekaterinburg through BAM (Baikalo-Amurskaya magistral) to Yakutsk, through the icy and snowy roads where temperatures rarely went higher than minus 34 celcius, and finally reached a bridge to Tynda. The bridge was broken, so they decided to cross over the ice.
"After we passed about 10 kilometers pass Chilcha settlement, we made a 'pit stop' to add some diesel to the main tank from our canisters. Here we realized two things: the special antifreeze gel for diesel got frozen in the canister; the second, and the worst, thing was that the diesel itself in the task got also frozen...
(you can still see the old military outposts on this picture of BAM railway we passed along our way to Yakutsk)
While we've been thinking what to do next, a big Ural lorry with some railway workers appeared on the road. They offered to pull us back to Chilcha to their base, where we could warm up our cars and melt the ice in diesel.
"After we passed about 10 kilometers pass Chilcha settlement, we made a 'pit stop' to add some diesel to the main tank from our canisters. Here we realized two things: the special antifreeze gel for diesel got frozen in the canister; the second, and the worst, thing was that the diesel itself in the task got also frozen...
(you can still see the old military outposts on this picture of BAM railway we passed along our way to Yakutsk)
While we've been thinking what to do next, a big Ural lorry with some railway workers appeared on the road. They offered to pull us back to Chilcha to their base, where we could warm up our cars and melt the ice in diesel.
Welcome to the first post from our "Travelogues" photo series. Here we will publish interesting reports and photos sent to us by travelers from all over Russia.
The first one in the series is an epic journey made by Eugen Belayev and co (check out Eugen's blog – it's in Russian, but has lots of pictures). They drove through the whole country from Ekaterinburg through BAM (Baikal-Amur Railway) to Yakutsk (that's in the middle of Siberia) and back to Moscow in winter(!). Here's the first part of their journey.
"Our expedition started in Ekaterinburg, went through BAM railway area, to Yakutsk and back to Moscow. You can't normally get to Yakutsk by car (sane people fly there), but we were up for the challenge. The most interesting part of the journey started when we reached the road that goes along BAM railway
Almost the whole day we've been driving through Kalabar mountain range. The road goes right next to the cliffs at some point and there are very few villages along the way – almost none.
The first one in the series is an epic journey made by Eugen Belayev and co (check out Eugen's blog – it's in Russian, but has lots of pictures). They drove through the whole country from Ekaterinburg through BAM (Baikal-Amur Railway) to Yakutsk (that's in the middle of Siberia) and back to Moscow in winter(!). Here's the first part of their journey.
"Our expedition started in Ekaterinburg, went through BAM railway area, to Yakutsk and back to Moscow. You can't normally get to Yakutsk by car (sane people fly there), but we were up for the challenge. The most interesting part of the journey started when we reached the road that goes along BAM railway
Almost the whole day we've been driving through Kalabar mountain range. The road goes right next to the cliffs at some point and there are very few villages along the way – almost none.
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