Rafting at Bystraya River

Russia - Kamchatka, Days 7-9 - Mutnovsky Volcano, Best Campsite ever, Rafting

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July 22nd 2021
After getting back into the Beast and departing Gorely, we made our way along what was basically an ice road towards our next destination: Mutnovsky Volcano. After about an hour of driving (why were they so concerned about the roads again??), they stopped and asked if this was a good site to camp. Yes! Oh, the views. The flowers. The sunset. And you could see the steam clouds from th ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more