Travel Guide

the Chuya Tract in Altai as a road journey can easily become a checklist if nobody protects the pace. A stronger day begins with the road itself as valleys, rivers and passes begin to change scale and treats the rest of Altai as a living setting[...]

The useful version of Dombay as a Caucasus mountain weekend feels as if it has been tested in the street, not assembled from a list of sights. In the Russian Caucasus, that means starting with the Dombay valley and the first lift views toward[...]

The notes I would give a first-time visitor are not complicated: begin with the cable car approach toward the high slopes of Mount Elbrus, keep the route honest, and do not make Kabardino-Balkaria carry more stops than the day can hold. The[...]