Federal Highway Lena

Lena federal highway running from the Amur River to Yakutsk constantly appears in various compilations, such as "Top 10 most terrible roads of the planet." The track is, of course, terrible, but not so dramatic as in the pictures with sunk in the mud UAZ. Tin begins when the rains wash away the road, other times it's a long dusty gravel road with sharp like nails, stones. Total journey before we never pierced the wheel, but here it happened four times. To repair the road recently allocated money (the project was to just build a bridge across the Lena), but then threw the budget of the Crimea, Yakutia and again left without roads.

Another problem with the track - it's dust. You drive like milk: can not see any road or curb. After each oncoming get in a veil of "fog" and pray that no one was going to overtake. Or, for example, a ride: you're going, you go and see in front of a cloud of dust. Carefully you enter into it. You can only see the car for five meters, and if you do not calculate the speed, there is a danger to fly in the ass. If you overtake, very carefully, because it is not known - whether one machine or a caravan of trucks. And always think of an opposite, for which all your maneuvers - a mystery. Rather, the dust.

And yet, instead of dividing line local road builders put metal studs and draped them with stones. If you ran into this - down the drain. We fortunately had passed.

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2. Departure from Neryungri. I've been here before. It is from here started our expedition to Chukotka.



3. It is possible to compare the summer landscape with winter:



4. The morning was foggy:



5. Despite the fact that behind it was 32 degrees and could see the slopes, where it is still covered with snow. Imagine how much snow here in the winter, if until now (the month of July), he did not melt completely



6. Repair of the road is difficult due to the fact that one and a half meters deep into the permafrost has already begun. Earth is constantly melting and sags



7. The settlement with the funny name Uluu.



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10. We stopped here to repair the punctured tire. This is a common problem for the local latitude: While we were seen along the highway pile of tires. Tire with such roads is the most profitable business



11. Tire was closed for lunch. Yakuts lunch all very strictly: as they say in the army saying "war - a war, and lunch schedule»



12. finally got to the crossing to the other side of the Lena. In the area of ​​Yakutsk, there are two crossings: in Katekattsah (100 km from the town) and not far from Yakutsk. We took advantage of the first, as on the other side of the Lena was asphalted road



13. The next day tour of Yakutsk began with the donor center. There we looked at the initiative of LG, which as part of its charitable programs help blood centers



14. Yakutsk department are all very cool equipped



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16. Heart LG - symbol of support of donor movement



17. An obligatory part of the visit for all tourists in Yakutia - the exhibition "Treasury of the Republic of Sakha." Here you can see the largest diamond the size of a quail egg. The exhibition is part of the State Fund of Precious Metals and Precious Stones.

The map shows mineral deposits republic



18. Gold is a fantastic sample (99, 999), platinum and silver:



19. Large nuggets do not melt but remain in the form in which they were found



20. Particularly valuable samples are given names: "Snake", "ear", etc.



21. In general, the meaning of cut to stone is best to refract light. Technically on the stone can be done at least a hundred faces, but for optimum gloss variant faces exactly 57



22. After the show stopped at a jewelry store. There, among the diamonds and necklaces, found another treasure - the final mission Expedition Anastasia Lyubimov. Fresh look after many hours flight from Moscow to Yakutstk Nastya owes the company Transaero, which, being a partner of the expedition, flush economy to first class



23. Another pleasant surprise - the heart of the diamond. By the way, I expected that diamonds are insanely expensive, but it turned out that the price does not go beyond common sense. They certainly are not cheap, but not hundreds of thousands, as I had been:



24. The new trend in Jewelry - rough diamonds. Decoration is made directly from a piece of rock in which was found a gem



25. Tourist complex Chochur Muran. The owner - a famous traveler who traveled all over Yakutia and the New Siberian Islands in dogs



26. Dogs, by the way, live immediately close



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29. Immediately a monument to the dog. He left. And the right set Nicholas Matuszewski, the owner of the plant design "Bottle", which should be with our company to Irkutsk



30. Mammoth Museum in Yakutsk



31. Mamontov in the spring here are more than snowdrops. There is even a small local business to find mammoths. On account of the hunters some unique finds - for example, the mammoth blood.

In Yakutia, the coldest winter, but at the same time there are people with the warm heart. This is evident in the Yakut traditions with respect for others and for their city



32. In some large cities, where we held a flash mob was going to a few people. In Yakutsk same - though the city is losing much more in number - it's a huge number of participants. Building a Heart reminded me ancient Yakut holiday Ysyakh - meeting the sun. During the holiday people drive a huge dance. About the dance was organized and on our flashmob



33. In the heart of the people were dressed in national costumes and sang, which pumps the people. Runaround drove 15 minutes, at which time a flashmob enlisted the support and approval of spirits in all the three worlds. However, as soon as we have raised the copter, it became clear that full harmonization we did not get. Helicopter for some strange reason, was killed on the wall and put it back in working condition after it was no longer possible. Well, it is true that the flash drive remained intact



34. To date, it is clear that the heart of Yakutsk been the biggest - 879 people.



35. One of the most fun places in Yakutsk - the kingdom of permafrost. When on the street 35, in a stable -9. It's great refreshing. The museum is divided into several worlds - the upper, lower and middle, as in the whole mythology of the Yakuts. At the end of the tour - a bar with ice utensils, bar and drinks. And though in the original Yakut mythology he is absent, all visitors enjoy



36. At dinner, went to the estate Atlasova. These people have been together for 40 years and have built their ethnographic complex. Many told us about antiquities, customs and traditions.

For example, if you go under the wooden arch, like a chicken breast bone and make a wish - it is sure to be fulfilled, and if you stand in the sector of their zodiac sign and warm their hands at the stove - a boost of energy for the coming year. It is a pity that it did not work with our spatulas. Although, it should be said that, unlike the iphone LG G3 have a removable battery, and it can be quickly changed by a new



37. Our videographer Alex slouched a little, so as not to stand out



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39. To further way to eyelet letters I emerged without incident - called for help from the spirits of fire. On the fire was really all right to Vladivostok, but we do not take into account that most of the future path passes through the water. We appease the spirits of the water and forget very soon paid for it



40. Map