In search of the edge of the world - around Ladoga

He writes nub1an:

At this time, the traditional travel to Karelia in June, it was decided not to do in the Devils nose as several years before, and to Ladoga.
Rather around Lake Ladoga.
Numerous waterfalls, lakes, rivers, rapids and the nature of the North Ladoga area.

Ride near the village of Salmi an abandoned wartime airfield, we looked at one of the small hydro power plants.
Small - produces only 1,200 kW. It built and operated since the 30s of the last century.





Many beautiful rivers were opromyshleneny swings in Finnish time.
On the rivers were dammed, they are now almost always half-ruined.
But to build still not everywhere.



But the real waterfall, big and noisy.



We looked at the remains of the so-called Mannerheim Line.



These stones local people gathered to resist possible invasion of Soviet tanks.



They said constrained two months.



It rides on local trails of varying quality.



We spent the night at a picturesque lake.



Again admired waterfalls, this time with crystal clear water that rarely meet in Karelia.



Again HPP, but larger and more powerful. The track runs right by the dam.



Seen left Finns and useless old Lutheran church - the church.



Played in geocaching.



Rolling on the rally tracks closed turns and vertical fractures.



We drove right up to the falls, where they filmed the famous movie "The Dawns Here Are Quiet".



Photographed the beauty of this way and that. True handheld



We looked at the mandatory for these locations marble quarry - it is beautiful.



Carefully looked into the tunnel. What people did for the sake of beautiful stones.



They were looking for a path to the cliffs of Lake Hawk.
And they found them just two - one and a difficult one very uneasy.



They climbed on a rock - it is beautiful and peaceful.



Location was the last overnight stop on the shore of Lake Ladoga.
Near the dam.



We had a long and leisurely walked along it until he came to the lighthouse.
And from there a long time we looked into the distance and knew that back here again.

via nub1an



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