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Around north side of Baikal
I dont suppose any of you intrepid Siberians have followed the western arm of the BAM railway from Taishet (on the Trans Sib, west of Irkutsk) past Ust Kut and to Severobaikalsk on the top end of Baikal.
And who knows, even over the Severo ranges to Tynda?
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changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes...
Hi Chris, it will take some time, but I hope to do just that. Heading west out of Vlad, I plan to round the lake before heading south to Mongolia...long story. By the time I do it you'll no doubt have another guide coming out- keep 'em coming! Hook.
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Good on you Hook, just followed it on Google Earth - it cant fail to be interesting and if it all gets too much I suppose you can throw yourself onto (or under) the train. That whole region holds a kind of fascinating horror for me.
Dont know if you know but Trailblazer who publish my books produced a guide to the BAM line (the 'northern Trans Sib'). Google: <Siberian BAM Guide>.
The effort in producing that book kind of matches the whole BAM project, but it's pretty good for maps, etc.
Let us know how you get on and do me a yarn for AMH 6.
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Hm. How do I find the Chara Sands on Google Earth? All the keywords Shustrik mentioned wouldn't work for me.
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It's at N56 50 E118 8 west of Tynda
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That is a strange and small desert in what appears to be, on Google Earth, a well watered area (river courses nearby).
Does anyone know why this sand desert exists over such a small area?
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Been looking at the same trip myself Chris ... with a twist ... out to the far east via the BAM road (I have an up to date Russian Road atlas if you need a peek, just give me a bell mate), then fly up to Magadan, and back west via the Kolymna Road (Road of Bones) to Yakutsk and then the really challenging bit ... the Lensky Trakt ... a zimnik (winter road) that follows the Lena from Yakutsk back to Ust Kut. If you get stuck there are plenty of boats and hydrofoils to bail out with.
There is also a decent road from Yakutsk to Lensk (2/3 of the way back to Ust Kut), that heads West first and then south ... and not following the Lena river.
I wouldnt want to do the Lensky Trakt solo tho .....
Some good reading on the area are Athol Yates' BAM / Kolymna guide, tho it is very Rail centric ... has good info on towns and Chara Sands and other bits of interest along the way. Also just read a good book on the Lena villages and towns ... River of No Reprieve, by Moscow based American Jeffrey Tayler
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Mad Buggers.
Here are a couple of maps from an atlas I picked in Russia.
The first shows a road to Severobaikalsk this continues to the tip of L Baikal and then east along the railway.
the second picture show the road "without covering" continuing on to Tynda.
Chris If you would like to borrow this map book I can send it to you.
Steve
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excellent
Steve, Chris ... sounds like we have a plan ..... when do we leave?
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Steve, Chris ... sounds like we have a plan ..... when do we leave?
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Hi Colebatch,
You do not have to ask me twice, I would love to go back.
My problem is I still have a list of places to go and ride and although that list is getting smaller, the list of places to go back to is getting bigger. There is a danger I could disappear up my own exhaust.
Debra and I are riding Alaska to Argentina early next year and we don't plan to be back before spring 2009.
Anyway judging by our miserable failure to meet up for a  at the HU rally it's better we don't try and get organized.
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BAM riding
July 2009?
Chris Scott warned me that you were lurking.....
Note, I have the local Russian maps (1:50,000) that show ALL of the roads and tracks and they are shown all the way along the BAM to Port Vanino.
Let me know!
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Adrian .... you are in. And you better get a-scannin on those maps
July 2009 it is
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