The first thing I was assigned was to write a report on the results of the "Future of Russia" art project competition for children and young people with disabilities. It went online, and then to the newspaper the next day. Then I called the Pulkovo Observatory and spoke with an astronomer about the disappearance of sunspots. I delved into cryptocurrency when the Bitcoin price fell almost 30%. And yesterday I had a truly interesting meeting with Hero of the Soviet Union, Vice Admiral Rudolf Golosov, who commanded the Pacific Fleet in the 1980s. I visited him at home and met his wife and daughter. He's celebrating his 90th birthday.
Thanks to Alexey Polyakov for the photo.
I had the opportunity to work at the capital's main newspaper, Vechernyaya Moskva. I was impressed from the moment I arrived and met the editor-in-chief Alexander Kupriyanov.
The editorial office is impressive in its scope: an entire floor with numerous individual "aquariums," its own media center, a street-style cafe, and a spacious, bright workspace with a round table for editorial meetings, a screen with 18 plasma TVs, and several dozen correspondents' computers. This is where I'm currently sitting. Everything is constantly moving, because in addition to the weekly edition, the newspaper is published daily, sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the evening.
The newspaper has been published since 1923. Vladimir Mayakovsky (his pass is on the stand in the museum gallery), my fellow countryman Nikolai Aseyev, and many other famous figures worked here. It has its own television broadcast and many projects underway.
My desktop.
Salak (Indonesia)
Exotic and familiar:
1) Yellow melon; 2) Green melon; 3) Torpedo melon; 4) Red watermelon; 5) Yellow watermelon; 6) Peach; 7) Nectarine; 8) Plum; 9) Apple;
10) Pomegranate; 11) Grape; 12) Strawberry; 13) Pomelo; 14) Mandarin; 15) Papaya; 16) Long Kong (Cambodia); 17) Tamarind; 18) Fig;
19) Kumquat; 20) Myriophyta berry (Nepal); 21) Plum-like (India); 22) Sugarcane; 23) Passion fruit; 24) Kokang berry; 25) Mango;
26) Rambutan; 27) Lychee; 28) Dragon Fruit; 29) Jackfruit; 30) Pineapple; 31) Dragon's Eye (Longan); 32) Grapefruit; 33) Lime;
34) Various Bananas; 35) Avocado; 36) White Guava; 37) Pink Guava; 38) Salak (Fish Scale); 39) Amla (Indian Gooseberry);
40) Carambola (Star Fruit); 41) Persimmon; 42) Sapodilla; 43) Thai Apple (White and Red); 44) Chinese Hawthorn; 45) Apricots;
46) Noida; 47) Mangosteen.
Lychee (India)
Jackfruit (India)
When: June 10, 2016 – June 9, 2017 (365 days)
Number of countries: 16
Primary method of transportation: hitchhiking (70%)
Total number of vehicles: 418
Route:
Kursk – Voronezh – Volgograd – Astrakhan – Checkpoint Kotyaevka (KAZAKHSTAN) (+1 307 km) – Atyrau – Beyneu – Aktau – Beyneu – Checkpoint Uzbekistan (+1 740) – Muynak – Nukus – Urgench – Bukhara – Shahrisabz – Samarkand – Tashkent – Checkpoint – Tashkent Tajikistan (+ 2 070 km) – Khujand – Istaravshan – Dushanbe – Rogun – Darvoz – Khorog – Murgab – Checkpoint Kyrgyzstan (+ 1 390 km) – Osh – Uzgen – Jalal-Abad – Bishkek – Tokmak – Balykchi – Bokonbaevo – Karakol – Kazakhstan (+ 13+ km) — Kegen – Zhalanash – Yesik – Lake Issyk – Almaty – Kapshagay – Kurty – Priozersk – Balkhash – Karaganda – Korgalzhyn – Astana – Ekibastuz – Pavlodar – Kurchatov – Semipalatinsk – Checkpoint Veseloyarsk (RUSSIA) (+ 2 835 km) Novosi – Barnabas – Barnabas – Bisk – Gorno-Altaysk – Checkpoint Tashanta (MONGOLIA) (+ 1 730 km) — Bayan-Ulgiy – Khovd – Altai – Bayan-Khongor – Ulan-Bator – Nagaikh — Ulan-Bator – Darkhan – Checkpoint Kyakhta (RUSSIA) (+ 1920 km) – Urkutsk – Irkutsk Ulan-Ude — Checkpoint Kyakhta (Mongolia) (+ 1 400 km) — Ulaanbaatar — Sain Shand – Checkpoint China (+ 1 000 km) – Erenkhot – Datong – Dingzhou – Beijing – Tangshan – Shenyang – Shanghai – Hoizhou – Shenzhen – Guangzhou – Yangzhou – Nan Checkpoint Vietnam (+ 6,930 km) – Hanoi – Danang – Nha Trang – Phan Tkhet – Ho Chi Minh City – Moc Bai Checkpoint (CAMBOJA) (+ 1,960 km) – Phnom Penh – Kampot – Sihanoukville – Phnom Penh – Battambang – Siem Reap – Sgt Lahren (+ 50+ 150 km) – Pakse – Sawanahet – Vientiane – Luang Prabang – Vientiane – Checkpoint Thailand (+ 1,510 km) – Udonthani – Champas – Phitsanulok – Sukhothai – Kamphengphet – Ayutthaya – Pattaya – Bangkok – Phekhaphe – Phuketchap – Khp Checkpoint Malaysia (+ 2,530 km) – Kedah – Langkawi – Kuala Perlis – Alor Setar – Georgetown – Kuala Lumpur – Malacca – Johor — Singapore – Malacca – Checkpoint Dumai (INDONESIA) (+ 1,450 km) – Pekanbaru – Bangladesh – Bangladesh – Bangladesh – Lampung Anyer – Jakarta – Yogyakarta – Semarang – Jakarta (+ 2,800 km) – Kathmandu (NEPAL) – Baktapur – Nagarkot – Kathmandu – Pokhara – Lumbini – Checkpoint India (+ 470 km) – Gorakhpur – Varanasi – Allahabad – Hajra – Orcha – Agra – Modak Delhi – Jaipur – Jodhpur – Ahmedabad – Vapi – Mumbai – Arambol – Mapsa – Panaji – Pune – Delhi (+ 5,660 km) – Kursk (+ 500 km)
Russia (1,307 km) – Kazakhstan (1,740 km) – Uzbekistan (2,070 km) – Tajikistan (1,390 km) – Kyrgyzstan (1,430 km) – Kazakhstan (2,835 km) – Russia (1,730 km) – Mongolia (1,200 km) – Russia (1,740 km) km) – Mongolia (1,000 km) – China (6,930 km) – Vietnam (1,960 km) – Cambodia (1,580 km) – Laos (1,510 km) – Thailand (2,530 km) – Malaysia (1,210 km) – Singapore – Indonesia (240 km) 800 km) – Nepal (470 km) – India (5,660 km) – Russia (500 km)
TOTAL: 42,212 km
Of these:
Hitchhike – 28,802 km, Train – 12,080 km, Bus – 1,100 km, Ferry – 230 km
Seas: Caspian, East China, South China, Andaman, Java (5)
Ocean - Indian
364 nights. Of these:
By couchsurfing: 163 at 61 hosts (Aktau*3, Urgench*3, Kitab*2, Tashkent*3, Dushanbe*3, Khorog*2, Osh*2, Bishkek, Alma-Ata*3, Karaganda*2, Astana*2, Ekibastuz*2, Pavlodar*2, Kurpatov*2, Semipatov*2, Semichalatynsk* Barnaul*3, Novosibirsk*2, Biysk, Gorno-Altaysk*3, Ulan-Bator*3,2 Ulan-Ude*4, Shanghai*3, Guangzhou*2, Guilin, Hanoi*3, Da Nang*2, Kuang Gai, Nha Trang*2, Phnom Penh*4, Siemens*5, Uganda*3, Pittsburgh*3 Sukhothai*2, Bangsafang*2, Phuket*4, Langkawi*2, Alor Setar, Kuala Lumpur*4, Malacca*2, Bandarlampung, Jakarta*3, Kathmandu*7, Nagarkot*2, Varanasi*3, Allahabad*3, Khajuraho*2, Orcha*2, Molik*2, Deli*2* Jaipur*3, Jodhpur*3, Ahmedabad*2, Wape*2, Mumbai*3, Arambol*16, Panjim*2, Pune*4)
In the tent: 109 (Volgograd, Astrakhan*2, Dossor, Aktau, Beyneu, Uzbek checkpoint, Muynak, Nukus*2, Romitan, Bukhara, Samarkand, Charvakskoe vdhr.*2, Syrdarya, Khujand, vdhr.Bahri Tochik, Pamir*4, Kyrgyzstan, Kadyp, pod Bishkek, Bishkek, Tokmok, Issyk-Kul*5, Przhevalsky Museum, Kazakh Steppe, Kaindy Lake, Issyk Dachi, Issyk Lake, Kopchagayskoe Vdhr., Tambaltas, Balkhash*3, Spassk, Samarka, Manshuk, Altai Krai, Altai Krai, ZhR Bayan-Ulgi, highway, Bayan-Khong, suburb of Beijing, Shanghai, Yansho, Vinh, Fankhet, Kega lighthouse, Cambodian checkpoint Mok Bai, Sihanoukville*3, Battambang*2, minefield, Laos waterfall, Pakse*2, Paksong, Luang, 2* Prabang*2, Phong, Thai border, Sukhothai, Ayutthaya*3, Pattaya*5, Bangkok, Petchaburi, Krabi, Malaysian checkpoint, Langkawi, Pinang*5, highway, Johor, Singapore*2, Pekanbaru, highway, Jambi, Palemban, Port, Anyar, Serge Lumbini, Indian village)
At friends: 27 (Irkutsk*12, Beijing*5, Shenyang*4, Hoizhou*5, Shenzhen)
Visiting new acquaintances: 20 (Chirakchi (UZ), Istaravshan, village*2, Kalaikhusan, Murgab (all — TD), Jalalabad, Sovetskoe, Barskoon, farm in the mountains (all — KG), military town Kosh-Agach (RU), village under Khovdom (MG), Kampseg (*2), Styngtren CB), Thai village, Kampangphet (TL), Bangkinang*2, Yogyakarta (all — ID))
In hotels: 20 (roadside Kazakhstan, Atyrau, Bayan Khongor, Ulaanbaatar*2, Saint Shand, Erenhot, roadside Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City*2, Pakse, Luang Prabang, Bangkok*3, Pokhara*3, Gorakhpur, Agra)
In transport: 14 (by car to Volgograd and Ulaanbaatar; by bus to Yogyakarta, Lumbini; by train to Beijing, Shanghai, Hoizhou, Guilin, Nanning, Khajuraho, Agru, Ahmedabad, Pune and Delhi)
And also. At relatives: 3 (Voronezh region); At the airport: 2 (Jakarta, Delhi); In the police station: 2 (Indonesia); In the boiler room: 1 (Mongolian Altai); In the corridor of the hostel: 1 (Kyahta); Under the canopy: 1 (Borobudur); At Railway Station: 1 (Mumbai).
