Mum and Casha

Local Encounters

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July 9th 2012
Wet weather in Petropavlovsk? Plans gone astray? Then it's time to make the trip to Ecco. A 10 hour bus ride north from Petropavlsk brings you to Ecco a cute little village with about 4,000 inhabitants. The bus departs from the main bus station at 9 am promptly. If you are slightly late the bus does not wait. Therefore if you are using one of the only wifi outlets in the city centre a ... read more

Europe » Russia » Far East » Kamchatka

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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