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Postcard from Siberia...
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Ak Kem Lake and Mount Belucha |
Camp at Oroktoy Brook |
December 2004 The
following are a selection of photos taken on The Oriental Caravan's
summer trek |
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Saddling |
Harebells |
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Revolutionary posters, Barnaul Museum |
Phil before the descent into Tekkelu Valley |
Final night's camp by Kucherla River |
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Evening entertainment |
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Approaching Yarlu Valley |
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Marsha |
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Ruth and Phil |
Traversing an Altai hillside |
Alex descending from Sarybel pass |
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Boletus granulatus? |
Wendy looks out toward Mt. Belucha |
Siberian moths spend their final hours congregated around a chalet door |
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Inspecting an ancient 'Baba' stone, evidence of earlier Turkic/Mongol influence |
These valleys are home to elk, bear and wolf |
Horse caravan descending Karatyurek pass |
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Campfire cooking |
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Ruth measuring some time |
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Crossing Ak Kem Lake |
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Jen greets the morning |
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Phil plays Jethro Tull's 'Dun Ringell' |
Noted mycologist Norbert hard at work with his trusty field guide |
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Unknown yellow-pored bolete |
Walking near Oroktoy brook |
Horse mushrooms (agaricus arvensis) picked form near the banks of the Kucherla River |
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Descending toward the Tukhman lakes |
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Campsite near Oroktoy Brook |
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Fine specimen of a Cep or Penny Bun
mushroom |
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Barnaul's Rock and Roll Café |
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A Passer-by in Barnaul uses his umbrella to shelter a Hare Krishna accordionist |
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Fly agaric (amanita muscaria) - an important mushroom in man's cultural development and quite possibly the soma of the Rig Veda |
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Our horseman |
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Marsha prepares a mushroom feast |
A medley of boletes |
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Deep in the forest |
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Norbert reflects upon boiling water |
Marsha tends the fire |
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Ruth with a large unidentified fungi |
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Unidentified bracket fungi |
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Norbert sits atop a Cep (boletus edulis) |
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Lunch stop on Karatyurek Pass (3060m) |
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Goat camp |
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Alex |
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'Temple' at the head of Yarlu Valley with connections to the mystic Roerich and self-appointed guru Rikla |
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Unidentified tree fungi |
Ruth and Marsha in the Valley of the Seven Lakes |
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Rikla disciples based in the Yarlu valley show a photo of their fire-producing guru |
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| Ruth en route to Karatyurek Pass |
Kucherla River |
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Casino bar of the Hotel Tsentralnya, Barnaul |
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Helen, our guide in Barnaul, points out the city sights |
The amazing Boris |
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We hope you enjoyed the photos! With best wishes from Phil and all aboard The Oriental Caravan |
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TOC's first intrepid group of Caravaneers embellishing a Soviet era statue |
In the Valley of the Seven Lakes |
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Chief |
Ak Kem Lake |
A Siberian birthday! |
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For more information on Siberia... http://www.cosmicelk.co.uk/Siberia.htm |
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