Travel, life, and stories from Kamchatka and beyond
Here I share stories about my beloved home region — beautiful Kamchatka. No matter how much you write about it, it never seems like enough, because words can hardly capture all of its beauty and grandeur. Still, for you, dear reader, I’ll do my best to tell you as much as I can about Kamchatka and show it to you the way I see it and love it.
Just yesterday, the heating season started here in Kamchatka — in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, to be more specific. What does that mean? It means hot water is finally running through the radiators, and the central heating is working again. Why am I writing about this? It may sound like an ordinary everyday thing, but we have really … Read more
One of the reasons you should come to Kamchatka, if you need one, is the breathtaking sunsets. They are especially wonderful to watch in summer. Summer in Kamchatka is short and very northern, and it can often be cold as well. But the sunsets here are something else. They can have almost surreal colors: orange … Read more
The summer of 2026 almost passed me by unnoticed here in Kamchatka. I’ll probably tell you why that happened in one of my next posts. But if we’re talking about the summer itself, I have to admit that it wasn’t exactly the best one. June was cold. July didn’t give us much warmth either. I’d … Read more