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logbook - 5th day
Yesterday night was cold, the temperature outside dropped below -26 when we went to sleep, and even through our gas heater was turned on maximum setting, frankly it wasn't a comfort sleep. At morning we doesn't want to stress the engine by the cold start and tried to heat it by petroleum wielding torch, to no avail (our torch was a bit broken and ( Read more... ) -
logbook - 4th day
It looks as if we riding in the heart of winter. Through we riding east, not north, the weather became colder every day. So today was a day of white silence (no pun intended, if our Whitey is silent, just check his pulse, he could be dead ( Read more... ) -
logbook - 3rd day
Okay, today's log is a short one. We spend most of the day getting necessary supplies (yes, like sleep-bags), spare parts and making repairs and upgrades for the cold weather. So, not so much adventuring, more of a hard work in not-so-pleasant environment ( Read more... ) -
logbook - 2nd day
So, today's log written while passing republic of Tatarstan. After our first night in our "house-on-a-wheels", we had less surprises and more of a long and sometimes even boring road through snow. Oh, and we almost ride on Lada Oka. This small car tried to outrun us on a slippery wet ice road, got a nice spin just before our wheels and skidded into ( Read more... ) -
logbook - 1st day
I'm writing this post in the moving truck, moving east at 60 kph on E22/M7 federal road. Now we passed Vladimir and moving towards Nizhnii Novgorod ( Read more... ) -
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As some of you already knew we have a huge plans for this new year eve and beyond. Yes, another travel adventure, risky and fun. On our previous travels we reached southern and northern corners of mainland Russia, so now it's time for the eastern direction. What could be more fun than travel 5000 km through Siberia at the midst of Winter, when the ( Read more... ) -
Next best thing to coffee
As some of my friends twitted earlier some British scientists found out the LED lighting could affect our natural sleep patterns. Well, I don't know is it true or not... but if true for me and others IT-centric people out there it could mean one thing - there is some other thing between heavy caffeine diet to stay sharp. And, well, I don't really ( Read more... ) -
Another one of my stainless steel USB sticks
This was my first attempt at wielding something useful, second being "Old Soviet" USB flash. But I did the engraving and epoxy filling at much later time than wielding of a case itself. So let me present you, my new rugged 16gb usb flash:
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Offroading on a 1st of may
Well, the spring is here and once again we could travel to some remote places without fear of frozing of our tails. So, for a starters, binadamu, krylcw and yours truly decided to see some parts of Meshchera Lowlands, most notably Svyatoye (Saint) lake.
And as always with remote places here, getting there was a bit of a challenge. Not a hardcore type of ( Read more... )
