Oops, I did it again.

3 years ago, after returning from the Lhotse expedition I said - NEVER AGAIN!

This time mount Manaslu - the eighth-highest mountain in the world at 8163 metres. As always, I have the ultimate plan - climb without oxygen and without a sherpa guide. So, in

The route of climbing the classics through the top is separate

Driving to Lenin Peak along the classic route starts from the Base Camp, located at an altitude of 3,500 meters.

More precisely, several camps of various travel agencies are scattered on the ancient moraine of the

This article is written as a summary of all the useful materials I found in preparation for climbing Lenin Peak in 2016. It is not an instruction for climbing, and it is not the ultimate truth, it is just a generalization of some articles on this topic. Remember that staying in the mountains

Lenin Peak is a mountain peak, 7134 meters high, located on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Until 1928, the mountain was called Kaufman Peak, and since 2006, the Government of Tajikistan has changed the name of the mountain to the peak named after Abu Ali ibn Sina. But the old

In the morning, there were still no clouds in the sky, and in the hope that our friend was mistaken when he said that navigation was closed, we hurried to the village of Liloan, from which ferries go to Panglao Island. While we were on the bus, the sky was overcast, and even a light rain began

The track around Annapurna, or as it is also called the Annapurna Track, is considered one of the most impressive trekking routes in the world.We walked this track on our own, although this was our first trip to Nepal, so you can do it too, and for this we described in detail every day of the

When we were preparing for trekking in Nepal, we read a lot of reports. Some of them had only emotions and photos, but there were also useful reports with the time of passage, with the cost of accommodation, but in none of the reports could we find food prices, the maximum that we found was the

Pokhara is a quiet and pleasant Nepalese town located on the shores of Lake Fewa in a huge green valley surrounded by mountains. Pokhara is the second largest city in Nepal, the city has a population of about 250 thousand people, the first place is occupied by the capital of Nepal — Kathmandu. 

This year we walked the trek around Annapurna in Nepal and the trek from Jiri to Everest Base Camp through the Gokyo Lakes and we want to share the nuances of these treks.

Since we do not use the help of any travel agencies, but do everything on our own, sometimes we stuff bumps and get

The Batu Caves are the largest Hindu shrine outside India. And there are Batu caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

After trekking in the jungle, we decided to swim in the sea, lie on the beach, and at the same time visit the 2nd ocean of our trip - the Indian, and the first one we had was the Pacific, in which we swam in the Philippines, the island of Catanduanese and the coast near Legazpi.

Khao Sok is the place in Thailand where we definitely wanted to go. One of the largest national parks in Thailand, also with a very beautiful lake.
By the way, the lake has a rather interesting story - in 1982 a dam was built and over time this lake was formed. It has destroyed a large

We arrived in Bangkok in the evening by bus from Siem Reap. And we went to a pre-booked hotel. The next day we went for a walk in the old part of Bangkok.

We started our journey through Bangkok from a street known to many travelers — Khaosan Road. It is here, in the area called Talat

After visiting Malaysia, we planned to fly from Kuala Lumpur to the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh.

And so, upon arrival in Phnom Penh, a funny incident happened to me (Pavel), which bothered me all the time I was in Cambodia, but fortunately ended well. 

Here we are in Malaysia.

From Manila, we flew to Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah, which is located on the island of Borneo (Kalimantan).

Malaysia greeted us with torrential rain, but since we arrived at 2 a.m., we decided to wait at the airport in the morning. By morning,

We arrived in Kuala Lumpur for only 1.5 days between the plane from Kota Kinabalu and the plane to Phnom Penh. This time we decided to try couchsurfing - this is an opportunity to find accommodation or company among local residents. We wrote to several guys from Kuala Lumpur in advance and

We are in our half-year trip through Asia and now we are just arrived to Philippines

Cebu greeted us with coolness in the airport building and a medical check at the exit of the plane, we had to fill out a special questionnaire indicating whether you were sick with Ebola (where you

We are in the beginning of our great Asian trip that will last for about half of a year!

Yesterday we got to Hong Kong, moved to Lantau Island, and found a good place to spend the night in some park, among tropical bushes.

In 42 days we will leave Ukraine and in 45 days we will be in Hong Kong. The first point on our long journey, first impressions... In the meantime, there is still a lot to do, for example, we have already figured out the tickets, but not the