"Altai? Where is that? In Siberia? What the heck do you do there?" This was the typical response to our plans for the summer vacation. I don't know what Martin and Roy wanted to do there. Probably searching an adventure. I wanted to have some fun and take pictures like this. It shows an evening mood in Chemal.

But let us first look, where the Altai mountains are located. The marker points to Kosh-Agach, the most remote place of our journey. If one is not keen on the sea, the Altai mountains are the right spot. One can not be further away from the sea. That is the reason for the monument "Heart of Eurasia" at the entrance to the Republic Altai.

Whoever wants to explore Russia on ones own (and speaks german), should check the forum at aktuell.ru, where I got valuable hints and where I posted the first draft of this travel report.

Thsi report was also published at Deutsche-Novosibirsk.de (German).

The perfect opener - rent a car in Russia

Novosibirsk

Devils' finger in Aya

The master of the mountain roads

To the Chuyskiy step and Kosh-Agach

The idyllic Chemal

Russian hospitality

World nature heritage lake Teletskoye

The cumbersome path to Barnaul

The slightly morbid charm of Barnaul

The final