trip timeline

trip timeline

2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010


2024: 17 places (13 new), 13 days

one-day trips from moscow: chekhov (lopasnya) → novy byt sett (chekhovsky dist) → voznesenskaya davidova pustyn [04.24] zheleznodorozhny [04.24], krasnaya polyana sett (part of lobnya) [03.24], odintsovo [03.24], novaya tryokhgorka (part of odintsovo) → skolkovo innovation center [03.24], lobnya [03.24], dolgoprudny [03.24], aprelevka → petrovskoye sett → burtsevo vill [03.24], st catherine's monastery (yeketerininskaya pustyn) → sukhanovo manor [02.24], reutov [02.24], ramenskoye, krasny oktyabr sett → ramenskoye, kholodovo dist [01.24], ramenskoye [01.24]

2023: 47 places (34 new), 36 days

one-day trips from moscow: malakhovka sett [11.23], kratovo sett [11.23], bronnitsy [09.23], dubrovitsy sett → lemeshovo vill [09.23], klimovsk [09.23], posyolok tsemzavoda (cement factory sett) [08.23, 09.23], zhukovskiy [08.23, 09.23], lytkarino [09.23], bykovo manor → vereya vill [08.23], podolsk [08.23], besedy sett [08.23], lyubertsy [08.23], domodedovo sett [07.23], yermolino sett [07.23], dydyldino vill [07.23], domodedovo [07.23], skolkovo innovation center → zarechye sett [06.23], khimki [06.23], yam sett [06.23] → gorki leninskiye, sovkhoz imeni lenina → razvilka sett [06.23], st catherine's monastery (yeketerininskaya pustyn) → sukhanovo manor [05.23], tarychyovo vill [05.23], bulatnikovo sett [05.23], rastorguevo sett [05.23], vidnoye [05.23], peredelkino sett [05.23], reutov [05.23], krasnogorsk [04.23]

one-day routs through villages:
- lower pakhra valley [09.23]: syany
- along the moscow river to the pakhra confluence [09.23]: molokovo sett → andreevskoye vill → turaevo vill → verkhneye myachkovo sett
- lower pakhra valley (last 8 km) [08.23]: volodarskogo sett → konstantinovo sett → zelenaya sloboda sett → verkhneye myachkovo sett
- northwestern outskirts of podolsk [08.23]: strelkovo vill → strelkovskoy fabriki sett → pokrov sett → pleshcheyevo manor → posyolok tsemzavoda
- lower pakhra valley, stone side (kamennaya storona) [07.23]: yam sett → domodedovsky quarry → kamkino vill, kotlyakovo vill → kolychyovo vill (ex-nikitsk) → holy cross jerusalem monastery → churilkovo vill
- western outskirts of domodedovo [07.23]: bunyakovo vill, bityagovo sett, nikitskoye sett, domodedovskiy ziggurat

holyday trip #34 [09.23, 2 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill → kaluga

2022: 2 countries (0 new), 19 regions of russia (8 new), ~ 97 places (79 new), 102 days

long trip #37 [09.22, 20 days]: russia, siberia
- kuzbass [09.22, 3 days]: kemerovo → leninsk-kuznetsky → anzhero-sudzhensk → yaya sett → izhmorsky sett → mariinsk
- krasnoyarsk krai [08.22, 10 days]: achinsk → krasnoyarsk → ergaki range → minusinsk
- khakassia [09.22, 2 days]: abakan → sayanogorsk → cheryomushki
- tyva [09.22, 5 days]: kyzyl → turan

long trip #36 [07.22-08.22, 14 days]: russia, nizhny novgorod oblast - vladimir oblast
- nizhny novgorod oblast [07.22-08.22, 11 days]: nizhny novgorod → arzamas → vyezdnoye sett → bebyayevo sett (bebyayevo - peshelan - novosyolki) → balakhna → bor → semyonov → voskresenskoye povetluzhye (voskresenskoye sett, vladimirskoye sett, svetloyar lake) → gorodets → zavolzhye → purekh sett
- vladimir oblast [08.22, 3 days]: gorokhovets → vladimir

long trip #35 [06.22-07.22, 34 days]: abkhazia → krasnodar krai, black sea coast → crimea
- russia, sochi dist [06.22, 4 days]: sochi → krasnaya polyana → sirius sett → adler
- abkhazia [06.22, 8 days]: gagra → pitsunda → gudauta → lykhny sett → novy afon (new athos) → sukhum → gulrypsh sett, agudzera sett → tkvarchal → gal (gali)
- russia, sochi dist [06.22, 3 days]: sochi → matsesta sett → joseph stalin's dacha "zelyonaya roshcha" → khosta sett → yew and boxtree wood
- russia, black sea coast [06.22, 9 days]: tuapse → kadosh cape, kiselyov's rock → divnomorskoye sett → blue abyss beach, dzhankhot khutor dist → divnomorskoye nude beach → robinzon nude beach → gelendzhik → kabardinka sett → cape doob → cape doob nude beach → novorossiysk → anapa
- crimea [06.22-07.22, 10 days]: kerch → stariy krym (eski qirim) → koktebel sett → tikhaya bay, dzhan-kutaran mtn → tikhaya bay nude beach → kurortnoye sett → lysya bay (fox bay) → feodosia → simferopol → st anastasia of sirmium skete (bead temple) → kachi kalyon cave city → tepe kermen cave city → bakhchysarai → alushta

long trip #34 [02.22-03.22, 17 days]: russia, yugra - southern ural - middle povolzhye
- yugra [02.22, 5 days]: surgut → nizhnevartovsk → nefteyugansk → khanty-mansiysk
- chelyabinsk oblast [02.22-03.22, 7 days]: chelyabinsk → zlatoust → troitsk → kopeysk → magnitogorsk
- bashkortostan [03.22, 3 days]: beloretsk → ufa → birsk
- samara oblast [03.22, 1 day]: syzran
- ulyanovsk oblast [03.21, 1 day]: ulyanovsk


short trip #17 [03.22-04.22, 6 days]: russia, northwestern russia
- veliky novgorod → ethno-park "vitoslavlitsy" → the st. george's (yuriev) monastery on the volkhov river → staraya russa → luga → porkhov → dno → soltsy → pskov

short trip #16 [02.22, 4 days]: russia
- saransk → penza → ryazan


one-day trips from moscow: dzerzhinsky [05.22] → kotelniki [05.22], ostrov sett [05.22], stupino [05.22] → kashira [05.22], sovkhoz imeni lenina [05.22], domodedovo [03.22], vidnoye [01.22] → rastorguevo sett [01.22]

2021: 1 country (0 new), 13 regions of russia (7 new), ~ 95 places (85 new), 125 days

long trip #33 [09.21-10.21, 10 days]: russia, kaliningrad oblast
- kaliningrad → baltiysk → baltiyskaya kosa → zelenogradsk → chernyakhovsk → svetlogorsk → yantarnoye sett → kurshskaya kosa → morskoe sett → rybachy sett → lesnoy sett → pravdinsk → gvardeysk

long trip #32 [08.21-09.21, 41 days]: russia, ural - western siberia
- kurgan oblast [08.21, 3 days]: kurgan → shadrinsk → kurtamysh
- tyumen oblast [08.21, 5 days]: tyumen → yalutorovsk → tobolsk
- omsk oblast [08.21, 3 days]: omsk → azovsky nemetsky national district (azovo sett, sosnovka sett)
- novosibirsk oblast [08.21, 4 days]: novosibirsk → akademgorodok → kolyvan sett
- tomsk oblast [08.21, 2 days]: tomsk
- altai krai [08.21-09.21, 5 days]: barnaul → biysk → belokurikha → belokurikha district (rock "four brothers", round rock)
- altai republic [09.21, 10 days]: trekking to footh of the belukha mtn (akkem path, yarlu gorge valley, ak-oyuk mtn area, akkem glacier valley, karaturek pass, kucherla lake)
- altai republic [09.21, 4 days]: tyungur sett → gorno-altaysk → chemal vill, elekmonar vill
- kuzbass [09.21, 4 days]: novokuznetsk → kemerovo

long trip #31 [05.21-07.21, 60 days]: russia, sakhalin oblast, kurils islands
- sakhalin island [05.21-06.21, 24 days]: yuzhno-sakhalinsk → bolshevik mtn → aniva lighthouse → cape mramorny → lyagushka rock → chekhov's peak → tikhaya bay → bykov sett → bykov's rapids → korsakov → cape slepikovskogo → nogliki sett → daginsk springs → okha → tymovskoye sett → alexandrovsk-sakhalinsky → due sett → three brothers rocks, jonquiere (zhonkier) cape → smirnykh → poronaysk → cape ptichiy/velikan
- kunashir island [06.21, 7 days]: yuzhno-kurilsk sett → devil's finger rock, cape sukachyov → cape stolbchaty → golovnin volcano → mendeleev volcano → goryachiy plyazh sett → pervukhin bay, lagunnoye lake, rock "parus" (sail) → sour creek, thermal springs "rosinka"
- iturup island [06.21, 3 days]: kurilsk → yankito lava plateau → lososyovaya bay - olya bay → kasatka bay → prostor bay, pumice white rocks
- shikotan island [06.21, 7 days]: malokurilskoye sett → cape "krai sveta" → shikotan hill → dimitrov bay, tserkovnaya bay → krabozavodskoye sett
- sakhalin island [07.21, 19 days]: yuzhno-sakhalinsk → yunona's cape → cape tonin (svobodny), mordvinov's bay → devil's bridge (takaradai spiral line) → korsakov → nevelsk → nevelsk sea lion rookery → tank towers on the coast at starodubskoye sett → bykov's rapids → alexandrovsk-sakhalinsky → poronaysk → makarov → kholmsk → yablochnoye sett

long trip #30 [04.21, 13 days]: russia, leningrad oblast - pskov oblast
- leningrad oblast [9 days]: saint petersburg → gatchina
- pskov oblast [4 days]: pskov → ostrov → pechory → izborsk fortress


one-day trips from moscow: podolsk → dubrovitsy sett [12.21]

2020: 4 countries (2 new), 8 regions of russia (5 new), ~ 111 places (105 new), 110 days

long trip #29 [10.20-11.20, 36 days]: russia, crimea - taman
- crimea [35 days]: simferopol → bakhchysarai → valley of josaphat (chufut-kale) → tepe kermen cave city → alushta, utyos sett (kucuk lambat sett), lazurnoye nude beach → tuzlukh rocks → tuzlukh nude beach → demerdzhi, valley of ghosts → yalta district → simeiz → simeiz nude beach → ai-petri - taraktash ridge → sevastopol → balaklava → inzhir nude beach → fiolent cape → fiolent nude beach → inkerman → yevpatoriya → olenevka sett (karaji sett) → tarkhankut, atlesh landscape park → mirniy sett, popovka sett → art-park and beach "z.city" → simferopol → aq qaya rock (belaya skala) → sudak, alchak-kaya reserve → novy svet sett → novy svet reserve → vesyoloye sett (qutlaq sett) → feodosia → koktebel sett → tikhaya bay, toprakh-kaya cape (chameleon cape) → kerch
- taman [1 day]: taman sett, "ataman village" (cassack ethno park)

long trip #28 [09.20, 28 days]: russia, upper povolzhye - komi - northern ural
- kirov oblast [3 days]: kirov → kirovo-chepetsk → karintorf sett → slobodskoy
- komi [3 days]: syktyvkar → ukhta → troitsko-pechorsk → sherlyaga vill
- trekking from manpupuner to dyatlov pass [9 days]: manpupuner, pechoro-ilychsky reserve → from manpupuner to mottevchahl mtn → from luntkhusatpur lake to dyatlov pass
- komi [10 days]: ukhta → sosnogorsk → inta → vorkuta → vorgashor sett → severny sett → izhemsky dist (izhma, sizyabsk vill, bakur vill, mokhcha vill, gam vill, irayel vill) → syktyvkar → yb sett → vylgort sett
- mari el [2 days]: yoshkar-ola → kozmodemyansk
- chuvashia [1 day]: cheboksary

long trip #27 [02.20-03.20, 26 days]: lebanon - western turkey
- lebanon [02.20, 7 days]: beirut → baalbek ruins → sidon (saida) → tyre (sur) → jeita-grotto caves → jbeil (byblos) → harissa-daraoun → hezbollah resistance park-museum in mleeta/mlita → bsharri → tripoli
- turkey [02.20-03.20, 19 days]: istambul → izmir → pamukkale → hierapolis ruins → karahayit → laodicea ruins → kaklik cave → denizli → salda lake → selcuk → sirince → kusadasi → bodrum → fethiye → kayakoy vill (levissi) → oludeniz beach → kas → antalya → termessos ruins


short trip #15 [07.20-08.20, 8 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- balabanovo → borovsk → obninsk → maloyaroslavets → nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill → wild beach on the ugra → kondrovo → kaluga → kozelsk → optina pustyn → peremyshl sett → shamordino convent → mosalsk → yukhnov

short trip #14 [01.20, 7 days]: jordan
- aqaba → tala bay → wadi rum desert → petra → wadi musa


one-day trips from moscow: german sterligov sloboda (sterling brothers sloboda) → resurrection monastery (new jerusalem monastery) in istra[08.20], pavlovsky posad [08.20], bulatnikovo sett [06.20], gorki leninskiye [06.20], vidnoye [05.20] → rastorguevo sett [05.20], st catherine's monastery (yeketerininskaya pustyn) → sukhanovo manor [05.20]

2019: 14 countries (8 new), 5 regions of russia (0 new), ~ 114 places (104 new), 111 days

long trip #26 [10.19, 16 days]: france (aquitaine) - spain - catalonia
- aquitaine [2 days]: bordeaux
- spain [12 days]: madrid → avila → cuenca → toledo → segovia → valladolid → burgos → bilbo/bilbao → pamplona → zaragoza
- catalonia [2 days]: barcelona → girona

long trip #25 [08.19-09.19, 16 days]: bulgarian black sea coast - romania (muntenia, transylvania, crisana)
- bulgaria [08.19, 5 days]: burgas → nesebar → sozopol → pomorie → pomorie nude beach → varna → ruse
- romania [09.19, 11 days]: bucharest → targoviste → ploiesti → brasov → rasnov and rasnov fortress → bran castle and bran vill → sighisoara → targu mures → medias → sibiu → cluj napoca → turda → salina turda → oradea

long trip #24 [07.19, 9 days]: germany - austria - slovakia - hungary
- germany [2 days]: memmingen → ulm → augsburg
- austria [4 days]: salzburg → graz → vienna
- slovakia [1 day]: bratislava → devin castle ruins (devinsky hrad)
- hungary [3 days]: budapest → miskolc, miskolctapolca cave bath → debrecen

long trip #23 [06.19, 18 days]: italy (liguria) - southern france - catalonia
- italy (liguria) [3 days]: genoa → camogli → santa margherita ligure → portofino → bogliasco → dolceacqua → isolabona → apricale → ventimiglia
- southern france [13 days]: nice → saint paul de vence → antibes → cannes → eze vill → marseille → avignon → villeneuve lez avignon → saint-remy-de-provence → les baux-de-provence → arles → tarascon → beaucaire → montpellier → agde → cap d'agde (the village naturiste) → beziers → narbonne → le-boulou → perpignan
- catalonia [3 days]: barcelona → girona

long trip #22 [05.19, 9 days]: italy
- genoa → la spezia → cinque terre (monterosso al mare, riomaggiore, vernazza) → portovenere → pisa → livorno → lucca → pistoia → florence (firenze) → bologna

long trip [03.19, 11 days]: morocco
- casablanca → rabat → meknes → moulay idriss → fes → tetouan → chefchaouen (chaouen) → tangier → asilah

long trip #20 [12.18-01.19, 14 days]: iran
- tehran → kerman → dasht-e lut desert → arg-e bam ruins, rayen castle ruins → qeshm island → hormuz island → kish island → shiraz → persepolis ruins, naqsh-e rostam → ghalat vill


short trip #13 [10.19, 7 days]: russia
- yekaterinburg → kungur and kungur ice cave → perm → kazan → temple of all religions at staroye arakchino sett

short trip #12 [01.19, 7 days]: uae
- dubai → abu dhabi


holyday trip #33 [08.19, 2 days]: russia, tver oblast
- torzhok → ethno-park "vasilyevo (vasilevo)" → tver


one-day trips from moscow: zaraysk [08.19] → kolomna [08.19], volokolamsk [04.19] → panfilov's 28 guardsmen memorial in dubosekovo [04.19]

2018: 12 countries (6 new), 7 regions of russia (2 new), ~ 64 places (57 new), 74 days

long trip #19 [12.18, 13 days]: italy, sicily
- palermo → termini imerese → cefalu → caltanissetta → enna → catania → taormina → giardini-naxos → siracusa → noto → modica → scicli → ragusa → gela → caltagirone → piazza armerina → enna → valley of the temples (agrigento) → scala dei turchi

long trip #18 [05.18, 12 days]: northern italy + transit in chisinau and riga
- moldova [05.18, 1 day]: chisinau
- italy [05.18, 10 days]: milan → bergamo → verona → lake garda district → venice → murano → burano → trieste
- latvia [05.18, 1 day]: riga

long trip #17 [12.17-01.18, 14 days]: greece
- thessaloniki → kastoria → meteora monasteries → ioannina → corfu (kerkyra) island → nafplio → monemvasia → corinth ruins → athens


short trip #11 [09.18, 8 days]: southern france - monaco - italy (liguria) - switzerland - netherlands
- nice → cagnes-sur-mer → monaco → genoa → turin → geneva → amsterdam

short trip #10 [03.18, 4 days]: lithuania - latvia
- siauliai → telsiai → klaipeda → palanga → riga


holyday trip #32 [11.18, 2 days]: cyprus
- larnaca → cape greco - ayia napa

holyday trip #31 [10.18, 3 days]: lithuania
- vilnius → art-park "europa" → trakai

holyday trip #30 [09.18, 2 days]: russia, krasnodar krai
- krasnodar → gelendzhik, blue abyss beach

holyday trip #29 [07.18, 2 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill → wild beach on the ugra river → kaluga

holyday trip #28 [07.18, 2 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill → wild beach on the ugra river

holyday trip #27 [06.18, 3 days]: russia
- murom → vyksa → suzdal

holyday trip #26 [05.18, 2 days]: russia, leningrad oblast
- saint petersburg

holyday trip #25 [04.18, 3 days]: hungary
- budapest → esztergom

holyday trip #24 [02.18, 2 days]: russia, murmansk oblast
- murmansk → teriberka sett


one-day trip from moscow: resurrection monastery (new jerusalem monastery) in istra[05.18]

2017: 9 countries (6 new), 5 regions of russia (3 new), ~ 52 places (48 new), 56 days

long trip #16 [10.17, 10 days]: russia, kamchatka
- petropavlovsk-kamchatsky → mutnovsky volcano → mayachniy cape → camel mountain → khalaktyrsky beach → malky hot springs → avacha bay → vachkazhets mountain

long trip #14 [12.16-01.17, 10 days]: central iran - azerbaijan
- iran [12.16-01.17, 8 days]: tehran → aran o bidgol → kashan → abyaneh vill → isfahan (esfahan) → yazd → kharanaq ruins → chak chak
- azerbaijan [01.17, 2 days]: baku


short trip #9 [02.17, 4 days]: russia - finland
- saint petersburg → helsinki → lappeenranta


holyday trip #23 [08.17, 2 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill → kaluga

holyday trip #22 [07.17, 2 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill

holyday trip [06.17, 3 days]: azerbaijan: baku

holyday trip #20 [05.17, 3 days]: belgium - netherlands (limburg)
- liege → maastricht → brussels

holyday trip #19 [04.17, 3 days]: russia
- arkhangelsk → ethno-park "malye korely" → vologda

holyday trip #18 [04.17, 3 days]: hungary
- budapest

2016: 3 countries (0 new), 4 regions of russia (1 new), ~ 30 places (25 new), 37 days

long trip #13 [08.16-09.16, 16 days]: armenia
- yerevan → vagharshapat (echmiadzin) → khor virap monastery → artashat → yeghegnadzor → yeghegis → noravank → goris → tatev → satanayi kamurj (satan's bridge) → khndzoresk cave city → agarak → meghri → jermuk → dilijan → haghartsin monastery, goshavankmonastery → tsaghkadzor → hrazdan → gyumri

long trip #12 [03.16-04.16, 13 days]: germany
- bavaria [03.16, 7 days]: munich → dachau concentration camp (kz-gedenkstätte dachau) memorial center → füssen → schwangau
- baden-württemberg: stuttgart
- north rhine-westphalia: cologne


holyday trip #17 [10.16, 2 days]: russia, nizhny novgorod oblast
- nizhny novgorod → bor

holyday trip #16 [08.16, 2 days]: russia, kaluga oblast
- nikola-lenivets, zvizhi vill

holyday trip #15 [07.16, 2 days]: russia, leningrad oblast
- saint petersburg

holyday trip #14 [05.16, 3 days]: russia, leningrad oblast
- saint petersburg → kronstadt


one-day trip from moscow: zvenigorod [05.16]

2015: 2 countries (0 new), 16 regions of russia (15 new), ~ 31 places (30 new), 56 days

long trip #11 [08.15, 21 days]: russian far east - china (northern manchuria) - siberia
- russian far east [08.15, 9 days]: vladivostok → russian island → khabarovsk → blagoveshchensk
- china [08.15, 4 days]: suifenhe → heihe
- siberia [07.14, 7 days]: chita → ulan-ude → ivolginsky datsan in verkhnyaya ivolga sett → irkutsk → novosibirsk

long trip #10 [03.15-04.15, 30 days]: russia
- povolzhye: volgograd → akhtubinsk → baskunchak salt lake → nizhny baskunchak sett → bogdinsko-baskunchaksky reserve → zeleniy sad reserve → elista → astrakhan
- north caucasus: makhachkala → kaspiysk → derbent → grozny → argun → vladikavkaz → dargavs (city of the dead), kurtat gorge
- south of russia: pyatigorsk → zheleznovodsk → kislovodsk → rostov-on-don → taganrog
- chernozemye: voronezh


one-day trips from moscow: sergiev posad [07.15], gorki leninskiye [06.15], serpukhov [02.15]

2014: 4 countries (2 new), 8 regions of russia (6 new), ~ 36 places (34 new), 65 days

long trip #9 [07.14-08.14, 38 days]: russia - kazakhstan - kyrgyzstan
- tatarstan [07.14, 2 days]: kazan → sviyazhsk sett
- ural [07.14, 5 days]: perm → yekaterinburg
- western siberia [07.14, 4 days]: tyumen → omsk
- kazakhstan [07.14, 6 days]: astana → almaty → trekking from gorelnik gorge to titov pass → kim-asar gorge
- kyrgyzstan [07.14-08.14, 17 days]: bishkek → ala archa national park → tuz-kol (salt lake) → tosor vill → masal (skazka) canyon → karakol (przheval'sk) → pristan'-przheval'sk → jeti-oguz gorge → cholpon-ata → bishkek → osh
- bashkortostan [08.14, 2 days]: ufa → sterlitamak
- samara oblast: samara

long trip #8 [03.14-04.14, 13 days]: india
- delhi: delhi
- uttar pradesh: lucknow → varanasi (benares) → sarnath
- bihar: patna
- west bengal: kolkata (calcutta)

long trip #7 [12.13-01.14, 15 days]: india
- delhi: delhi
- rajasthan: jaipur → jodhpur → udaipur → pushkar
- uttar pradesh: agra
- punjab: amritsar


one-day trips from moscow: podolsk → dubrovitsy sett [09.14]

2013: 12 countries (11 new), 2 regions of russia (1 new), ~ 44 places (43 new), 54 days

long trip #6 [08.13, 13 days]: finland - estonia - latvia - sweden - aland
- helsinki → tallinn → riga → tallinn → stockholm → mariehamn → helsinki

long trip #5 [05.13, 10 days]: china
- beijing → hong kong → makau

long trip #4 [03.13-04.13, 14 days]: serbia - kosovo - montenegro
- serbia [03.13, 6 days]: belgrade → novi sad → subotica → nis → niska banja
- kosovo [04.13, 3 days]: gracanica → pristina → prizren → gjakova
- montenegro [04.13, 5 days]: rozaje → podgorica → kotor → budva → herceg novi

long trip #3 [12.12-01.13, 18 days]: vietnam - cambodia
- vietnam [12.12-01.13, 13 days]: hanoi → ninh binh → hue → hoi an → da nang → nha trang → da lat → ho chi minh city (saigon)
- cambodia [01.13, 5 days]: phnom penh → siem reap → angkor ruins


holyday trip #13 [11.13, 3 days]: russia
- saint petersburg → veliky novgorod

2012: 8 countries (6 new), 2 regions of russia (0 new), ~ 20 places (17 new), 45 days

short trip #8 [08.12, 6 days]: azerbaijan - georgia
- baku → tbilisi → sighnaghi

short trip #7 [07.12, 7 days]: ukraine
- kiev → lviv → ternopil → zhovkva

short trip #6 [06.12, 4 days]: armenia
- yerevan → sevan lake → garni (temple of garni) → geghardavank → artsakh / nagorno-karabakh (stepanakert, gandzasar monastery, shusha, vank sett)

short trip #5 [05.12, 4 days]: turkeyF
- istanbul → ankara

holyday trip #12 [11.12, 3 days]: russia, leningrad oblast
- saint petersburg → gatchina

holyday trip #11 [04.12, 3 days]: moldova - transnistria
- chisinau → tiraspol, bender


one-day trip from moscow: gorki leninskiye [07.12]

2011: 7 countries (4 new), 6 regions of russia (4 new), ~ 33 places (32 new), 56 days

long trip #2 [12.11-01.12, 30 days]: thailand
patong (phuket) → khao lak - lam ru national park → phuket town → chalong, laem phromthep (phuket) → phi phi islands → phang nga bay (khao phing kan, khao tapu, rang yai islands) → ko panyi vill (sea gypsy vill) → bangkok → ayutthaya historical park → dusit zoo and safari world (bangkok) → pattaya → lopburi → chiang mai → chiang rai province (mae kachan hot springs, wat rong khun, golden triangle) → mae sa elephant camp

long trip #1 [08.11-09.11, 10 days]: poland - germany
- poland [08.11-09.11, 6 days]: warsaw → krakow → auschwitz (oswiecim) concentration camp memeorial center
- germany [09.11, 4 days]: berlin


short trip #3 [12.11, 4 days]: russia, leningrad oblast - karelia
- petrozavodsk → saint petersburg → vyborg

short trip #2 [05.11, 3 days]: ukraine
- odessa → akkerman fortress, bilhorod-dnistrovsky

short trip #1 [01.11, 5 days]: czechia
- prague → karlovy vary → kutna hora


holyday trip #10 [11.11, 3 days]: abkhazia
- sukhum → novy afon (new athos)

holyday trip #9 [06.11, 3 days]: russia, kaliningrad oblast
- kaliningrad → svetlogorsk → zelenogradsk

holyday trip #8 [05.11, 3 days]: russia, krasnodar krai
- sochi → aibga ridge (near krasnaya polyana)

holyday trip #7 [03.11, 3 days]: russia, leningrad oblast
- saint petersburg → kronstadt


one-day trips from moscow: tver [10.11], yaroslavl [09.11], zvenigorod [05.11]

2009-2010: 3 countries (2 new), 5 regions of russia (3 new), 18 places (8 new), 16 days

holyday trip #6 [11.10, 3 days]: ukraine
- kiev

holyday trip #5 [08.10, 2 days]: belarus
- minsk

holyday trip #4 [07.10, 2 days]: russia, tatarstan
- kazan

holyday trip #3 [06.10, 2 days]: russia, nizhny novgorod oblast
- nizhny novgorod

holyday trip #2 [05.10, 2 days]: russia, krasnodar krai
- sochi

holyday trip #1 [05.09, 2 days]: russia, leningrad oblast
- saint petersburg → peterhof palace


one-day trips from moscow: sukhanovo manor [06.10], vitebsk (belarus) [09.10], gorki leninskiye [07.09]