The first time I got to Balaklava was with an excursion. A beautiful place in itself, but pretty disfigured. On the slopes gaping empty windows are not large, waste rock from a nearby mine has been dumped into the bay for many years and now it is not as deep as it once was.
I didn't like this place, but he didn't like me anymore. On my first visit here, my first words were: "Where did you bring me? " Terrible road, insanely dusty. Naked steppe.
If you have already happened to get to Yalta, it is undoubtedly worth climbing Ai-Petri at least once. If you are tired of the heat, it is cooler on the plateau than below.
We have been to the Grand Canyon twice - the first time with an organized tour and together with crowds of other thirsty natural beauties. Then it was August, the heat was unbearable, and it was a pleasure to swim in all sorts of baths and baths, despite the rather low temperature of the water.
At the beginning of May, the bay fully justified its name and was quiet, quiet, because, apart from ours, there were only a couple of tents. And in the summer there, they say, a madhouse!
Once, on the May holidays, we decided to stop with a tent in a new place for us - in the Quiet Bay near Koktebel. Cape Chameleon limits it from the west. Taking a picture of him from all sides, we decided to climb on his "back".
In the Crimea, I saw several Genoese fortresses - in Feodosia, Balaklava, Alushta. The Sudak Genoese fortress is the only one of all that the restorers brought to mind. The rest are a rather pathetic sight.
Mount Sokol seems completely impregnable, its southern slopes are completely steep - a favorite place for climbers. But to rise to the top, it is not at all necessary to be one.
The Botkin trail is a great place for those who want to improve their health. Since it is located quite high, slightly higher than the Yalta Zoo and far from highways, you can enjoy the cleanest air and beautiful scenery.
In Yalta there were, as a rule, on NG. The Nikitsky botanical garden was in the mandatory program of visits, along with Vorontsovsky Park and the Sunny Path. It was so nice to cut a few circles along the paths, breathe in the fresh air, and get cold, land in one of the two tasting rooms and warm up ...
Having skated for several days on Cheget, we decided to have a rest day and take an excursion. At the cable car station, they saw an ad, the author of which promised an excursion program, which included, among other things, a visit to the Chegem waterfalls.
I used to climb on a trailer like this before, so it wasn’t scary, it’s just that when it passes between the supports, it takes your breath away. The ascent took place when it was completely cloudy below.
No matter how tired we were during the day, we still considered it our duty to go to the embankment. I love this place! And apparently not just me. The feeling of an eternal holiday!
When we visited almost everywhere in the vicinity of Sudak, we came across an excursion to Zelenogorye, which was quite cheap. Nothing special, a small Arpat gorge ending in a waterfall, which for some reason we didn’t reach then, and a lake, quite beautiful, with green water.
We visit Yalta either in January or May, not in the driest months, so we saw Uchan-Su quite full-flowing. When I showed pictures of a friend who visits there exclusively at the end of August, she was terribly surprised, asking: “Is this Wuchang-Su ?
It was perhaps the most difficult climb for me. It was the end of July, wild heat and a hill, higher than Ai-Petri. The younger part of our team, including my daughter, spat on this matter and remained in the Valley of Ghosts wallowing on the grass.
On the way to the top of Demerdzhi, the trail leads through the Valley of Ghosts. The bizarre stone sculptures scattered here and there on the slope make an impression. With a sufficiently developed imagination, here you can see the Black Monk, and Little Flour, and the Serpent Gorynych.
Outwardly, the bell tower is very beautiful, especially in an ensemble with a cathedral, and the pictures from it to the dome, in my opinion, are more interesting than vice versa.
Already on the outskirts of this place, it seems that he got into an enchanted forest. Strange rocks rising from the ground in the middle of a dense forest. Slabs with ancient rock paintings, masonry overgrown with moss and, finally, dolmens - stone blocks of incomprehensible purpose, covered with o...
I do not like all sorts of "ruins of the chapel" there, much closer to me sights of a natural nature. But, when the weather did not allow going to the mountains, in order not to waste time, I had to join the cultural values.
One of the greats said that a walk in the mountains is tantamount to visiting a church. I go to church quite rarely - I do not need intermediaries to communicate with Him.
The first thing you see when you get to this place is, of course, the 37-meter Shiva sitting in the lotus position. The sizer is simply dumbfounded - you stand with your mouth open, contemplating this whopper!
I believe in Jesus Christ, I believe in Gautama Buddha, I believe in Prophet Mohammed, I believe in Krishna, I believe in Garuda. (Lyapis Trubetskoy) I fully subscribe!
We traveled to Split by public transport in order to see the city in general, and Diocletian's palace in particular. We started, of course, with the palace. Having bypassed everything that could be bypassed, we still did not understand where he (the emperor) grew cabbage?
Resting in Goa, and having gone through many beaches before, at the end of the vacation we finally got to Palolem. This is something! All the beaches of India seen before were not lying around!