The city of Chita wasn’t really on my itinerary. I had no intention of traveling far past Ulan-Ude from when I started my hitchhiking journey to Siberia. But I received an invitation to visit Chita from one of the bloggers who was reading my travel …
I met him in February 2009, when after spending almost two months on the roads of Siberia, I was finally hitchhiking back to Moscow. It was getting dark when I got off the truck near the town of Tulun. Having no wish to walk through …
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” –Mark Twain I …
January 17, 2009. Sixth day on the road. Reaching Irkutsk was a matter of just one more day on the road now, and there was no need for us to hurry. It was 3:00 o’clock in the morning when Volodya, the truck driver, decided to …
January 16, 2009. Andrey had barely started the engine when I got my next lift from a truck driver heading to Tomsk. Vova, the new driver, was very interested in hitchhiking, he kept asking questions and I shared my hitchhiking experience with him. What always …
Our last night’s adventures had their effect on us. We were tired and needed a good rest, so the accident was a good excuse to sleep longer than we intended. We woke up around noon. Andrey said there was something strange with the car and …