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Kyrgystan - The country of snow leopards
We arrive in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan at the end of October. This small Central Asian country is renowned for the beauty of its mountainous scenery, Issyk-Kul Lake (which is about 1600 meters above sea level), but also for its wildlife, particularly...
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Kazakhstan, a country where you cannot leave empty-handed...
We cross the Kazakh border very quickly and without difficulty. We drive towards Cemey and go through huge desert plains where there are still some small villages but the collective farms (kolkhoz) from the Soviet era are abandoned. At Cemey, we notice...
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From Gobi desert to Russia through the highlands of Altay
After meeting John Hare who works for the protection of wild camels (see previous article), we finally go back to the north. The first step between the Gobi Desert and Tsogt where we can refuel is challenging enough for the vehicle. This is a canyon where...
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Wild Camels - Critically endangered specie - Meeting with John Hare
After leaving the team of the GOBI BEAR PROJECT who returned to Ulaanbaatar, we stay one more day in the village where is the administration of the Great Gobi A National Park. The rangers tell us that two French journalists come to the reserve in the...
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Ecovolunteer in Mongolia - Hustai National Park - Przewalski's horses
For further information, please visit us : http://www.around-the-rock.com/parcours.html We arrive at Hustai National Park on July 30th and meet Munkhbat TARAV, responsible for research and communication, who we met previously in Ulan Bator. Bandi, the...
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Meeting with Munkhzaya and appointment at the Ministry of Environment ...
http://www.around-the-rock.com/parcours.html We arrive in Mongolia on Wednesday, July 23rd and spend the night near the immigration service in Ulaanbaatar to extend our visa to two months the next morning. While we finalize the formalities for our visa,...
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Irkoutsk, Lake Baikal and nice meetings
Upon arrival in Irkutsk, we are at about 60 km from Lake Baikal. This city of more than 600,000 inhabitants is ideal to refuel, find spare parts and complete the administrative formalities such as visas for Mongolia (which are not useful anymore now)....
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From Moscow to Irkoutsk on the Trans-Siberian Road
We arrived in Moscow on a Saturday morning which allows us to run in good conditions. Katia, a friend of Yuri welcomes us and puts us in direct contact with Elina, a young journalist for who the capital has no secrets. She hosts us for 3 days and we visited...
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Eco-volunteer program for the rehabilitation of brown bears in Karelia - Russia
When we arrived at Kostomuksha, Yuri, who is the assistant of the association Lupus Laetus, welcomed us and we went to the village of Voknavolok about 50km further north. After following different paths through the forest, we stopped the car on the banks...
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Joyeux anniversaire Céline
Pas de grosse fiesta pour mes 30 ans, seulement une journée passée au milieu de la Taïga russe. Le matin, un groupe de 24 cygnes sauvages était sur la rivière en face de notre campement. Le soir, Iouri, qui est comme mon père ou ma mère car il s’occupe...
