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In a nutshell: Expedition to Badakhshan – a mountainous region at the border of Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Descend down the Gunt, Bartang and Obihingou Rivers, and a short descent down the boundary River Panj. Acquaintance to Pamir and the Pamiri people.

Interactive map of the expedition

The map shows all sections of the rivers Gunt, Bartang, Pyanj and Obihingou, that we covered by rafting. All of them are shown in blue, except for the Pyanj – it is drawn in red, because we had to raft along the border between Tadjikistan and Afghanistan. On the first evening of this rafting, even those of us, who had never smoked before, were bumming cigarettes from the teammates. The next day guns were pointed at us from both banks of the river. However, the Afghanian put down his gun when he heard our shouts in Russian, and the kind Tajiks were only shooting their guns in the air.

We put some pictures on the map, that seem to be good illustration for the places we moved along. If you zoom in, you’ll get more photos on the map. During our descent down the Panj river Dima Petrov took some fantastic pictures of the riverside Afghanian villages.

All pictures from the map gathered in one album If you just want to see pictures, without following the map – welcome HERE.

 
To be updated.
 

Reconnaisance expedition to the Taklamakan desert.

More info to be posted soon.

In a nutshell: Expedition to the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. First descent of the Subansiri River, jungle trekking expedition to isolated tribes of Arunachal and Tibetan-speaking Memba tribes.

Interactive map of the expedition

Routes of both parts of the expedition – the rafting part and the trekking part – are mapped here. The map shows milestones – our camps, villages, locations of emergency events.

The map also hosts pictures made in expedition. The more you zoom the map, the more pictures will appear on it.

All pictures from the map gathered in one album If you just want to see pictures, without following the map – welcome HERE.

Key to lines and symbols on the map:
– yellow lines – moving on a motor vehicle
– green lines – trekking in jungle
– blue lines – rafting down Subansiri on catamarans
– white semitransparent lines – heave gauge transportation: airplanes, train, bus
– settlements
– expedition camps
– locations of the smaller catamaran collapse and of the bigger catamaran overkeels
 
To be updated.
 

Exploring headstream of Salween and first descent of the Litang River from source to the estuary. Red pandas everywhere.

Expedition materials are prepared for publishing and will appear on site soon.

Экспедиция в восточную Туркмению, в пещеры плато Кугитанг (система Кап-Кутан – Промежуточная и другие). Материалы готовятся к публикации.