Cave of Swallows - Schwalbenhöhle in Mexico
This 400 meters deep cave is located in a rainforest in San Luis Potosí.
This Video is a beginning of BBC´s 2006
Documentation Planet Earth.
TURKEY: Hiking Saint Paul's Trail from Yalvaç to Egirdir
In 2008, the Englishwoman Keith Сlow, has developed a 500-kilometer tourist route - the Saint Paul's Trail. It passes across those places which Saint Paul has visited, or theoretically, could visit during his first missionary trip to Asia Minor.
It is possible to go on the trail during all seasons of the year. But the most popular seasons — spring and fall. As it is too hot in the summer, and in the winter, it is cold.
Valery Shanin and Sergey Oskolkov begin to travel on the Saint Paul's Trail in the town of Yalvaç.
Near this modern Turkish town, ruins of the ancient city of Antioch in Pisidia have remained.
At the time of Saint Paul, the highway from Efes to Syria passed here. The city, which was a that time a part of the Roman Empire, prospered.
Antioch in Pisidia experienced its heyday in the third century AD. The city existed during the time of the Byzantine Empire. But after a series of raids of the Arabs, it was abandoned.
The trail goes among boundless open spaces. It is the end of September. The crop is already reaped and the fields were plowed. But it is still warm like in summer.
On the bank of the lake Egirdir, there is a restaurant - for locals and tourists who are occasionally getting here. They serve only one dish— fried lake fish.
The trail passes by the most known local sight. The huge stone arch surprisingly similar to an old bridge, has arisen in a natural way. As a result of a joint effect of water and wind.
On the east coast of the Egirdir lake, there are no settlements. There is very little room between the rocks and the edge of the water here. Not cleared up. There is no place to plant gardens and build houses.
The Saint Paul's Trail crosses the Lake Egirdir at the narrowest point. Between the beaches are no more than two kilometers. But it is not possible to wade across. The fishermen help out. They transport everyone from one coast of the lake to the other on their boats.
Barla - a small but famous town. In the local prison, the famous Muslim scientist Said Nursi, served sentence. In conclusion, he has written huge works, about 6 thousand pages — comments to the Koran.
In Egirdir, the campaign on the Saint Paul's Trail has come to an end.
And The World without Visas project continues.
Ahead, new travels over the countries, visa-free for Russians.
Narration was done by Frederic Moretti (fredericmorettimusic@gmail.com)
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Neft Daşları Azerbaijan Oil city on the water
Neft Daşları (also known as the Oil Rocks) is an industrial settlement in Baku, Azerbaijan. It lies 100 km (62 mi) away from the Azerbaijani capital Baku, and 55 km (34 mi) from the nearest shore in the Caspian Sea. A full town on the sea, it was the first oil platform in Azerbaijan, and the first operating offshore oil platform in the world, incorporating numerous drilling platforms.
The settlement began with a single path out over the water and grew into a system of paths and platforms built on the back of ships sunk to serve as the Neft Daşları's foundation. The most distinctive feature of Neft Daşları is that it is actually a functional city with a population of about 2,000 and over 300 km (190 mi) of streets built on piles of dirt and landfill.
Чехия, Словакия и Канада на Велосипедах по Русскому Алтаю!
Это был интернациональный велосипедный тур по горному Алтаю: Чехия, Словакия и Канада с активной долей российского сопровождения! Мы сделали круг из Манжерока до севера Телецкого озера, далее на пароме перешли на юг озера, после по долине реки Чулушман с множеством водопадов и каменных грибов, поднялись по красивейшему и сложному перевалу Кату-Ярык, по Чуйскому тракту доехали на велосипедах до Инегеня, сделали радиальный выезд в сторону горы Белуха и увидели обалденную панораму стрелки Катуни с Аргутом, далее со слияния Урсула с Катунью пересекли Катунь и в режими жесткого внедорожья вдоль Катуни доехали до Куюса, после по Чемальскому тракту до Черги и оттуда через Алтайское до Аи и через Бирюзовую Катунь до Манжерока. Было очень весело, казалось, что каждый Чех и Словак просто обязан владеть музыкальным инструментом, рано вставать и без проблем проезжать в любую погоду 100 км! Люби и катайся, Алтай Мир опять задрал планку и показал знание Горного Алтая!
The video documents a bicycle tour in the Altai Mountains of Russia undertaken by a international group of avid cyclists. The group members were from Czech Republic, Slovakia and Canada with a Russian guide and vehicle support.
We did a full loop starting in Manzherok. We headed to the north shores of Teletskoye Lake and then went by ferry to the lake’s south shore. From there we traveled through the Chulushman River valley where we took time to hike to water falls and visit the Stone Mushrooms. Towards the end of the valley, we climbed the Kato-Yarik mountain pass and then continued on to Inegen. From there we did a day trip towards Belukha (highest mountain in Altai) to view the confluence of the great Katun river and the Argut river. At the point where the Katun merges with the Ursula River, we crossed the Katun and went down a very ‘off-road’ path to the village of Kuyus.
We then followed the main road through Chemal to Chergi and onward to the villages of Altaiskoye and Ai. The trip ended with a ride through the Turquoise Katun Resort zone and then onto Manzherok.
It was an amazing trip! It seems that every Czech and Slovak is simply obliged to own a musical instrument, get up early and travel 100 km in any weather and without any problems!