Savages on Arabatka
Have a great rest! A lot of impressions, I think we will remember for a long time. As long as there are "wild" places on Strelka, we will still go there. I advise everyone who loves wildlife, clean air and sea, and the absence of strangers on the beach, but at the same time ready to endure a huge number of mosquitoes for the sake of all of the above.
- the purest air saturated with salt, iodine and bromine
- marine microclimate (in 99% there is at least a light breeze, so even in the heat it is quite comfortable)
- unspoilt wildlife
- clean excellent sea
- wide clean beach
- not a soul at a distance of 1 km.
- the presence of springs with clean natural fresh water on the Strelka
- the presence of hot iodine-bromine sources (geysers) on Strelka
- fairly inexpensive
- a great place for recovery and relaxation from the city mass of people and bustle
- mosquitoes (or rather, an unmeasured amount of these evil hungry insects).
Now in more detail:
We were driving in a large company (7 adults and 6 children), purposefully further along Arabatka, where there are no longer settlements, bases and boarding houses (47 km from the beginning of the Strelka). The road to Rifle is now excellent, made of concrete slabs. Then begins a primer (rather a gerbil) of the "washboard" type, along which you either have to drive 20 km / h. or fly low over 80 km/h. But it was worth it. From our camp to the nearest savage neighbors was at least 1 km. , to the nearest base 8 kilometers, and to the nearest village - 17 kilometers.
In general, everyone got there successfully, pitched a camp (4 tents, a tent with a mosquito for the kitchen, a shower, a toilet, pulled 2 awnings), had lunch, washed the arrival, and bought. The weather was great. And since everything was prepared for a long vacation, we prepared to "go crazy on the beach. " But, damn it, it was not there ...The rest turned out to be quite active. Suddenly, a gusty wind blew up...
3 tents were crushed to the ground, the tent (which was symbolically fixed on 4 stretch marks) was held by three people. Umbrellas and bedding were caught along the beach, the awnings were torn off, the shower turned upside down. Only the toilet remained intact : ), which, by the way, we fixed the worst. Fortunately for us, this lasted about 15 minutes. Thus, we passed the “test test” with a deuce. In short, I had to start all over again. This time we fixed everything much more seriously. Instead of pegs, which are ridiculous for sand, we beat all the stretch marks, and buried half a meter metal corners for another 30 centimeters (we took it with us), and where they weren’t enough, we tied them to 1.5 liter eggplants filled with water, and buried them half a meter in sand. By the way, according to the result of the trip, I can say that stretch marks were the best on eggplants.
The next day, the awnings were pulled up again, and we had plenty of time to relax, swim and sunbathe. T. to.
there were many of us, every day we had to go to the spring for drinking water. The best spring is located in the village. Luckily, so they collected water there (although not close to the camp - 30 km. ), And at the same time, on the way back, we stopped by a hot spring (really hot, sometimes it’s impossible to go into the water) and heal, so to speak. Already from the second day, everyone noticed that there are a lot of mosquitoes here. And both morning and afternoon. And in the evening and at night there are not so many of them - everything is teeming with them there. There were some days when no repellents (creams, sprays, smoke coils) helped. In general they gnawed at us specifically. At 8 o'clock, when there were more mosquitoes, the children began to get hysterical, so they were immediately put into tents, for a mosquito. The third day was calm, the sea is super, clean. The beer went with a bang. We decided that it was time to include fish in the diet, and went to dig the Liman worm. For 3 hours they walked around 3 estuaries, and did not find a single worm - the bottom is one blue clay.
I had to go to Shooting, and buy these worms for 50 kopecks apiece! In the evening they inflated the boat and set sail, put two brand new nets, and then threw spinning rods on the bearing. Literally an hour later, the real "fun" began. Barely had time to wind the spinning rods. The wind was at least 30 m/s, and again squally, gusty, blew all night. This time all our constructions (except for awnings) survived. In the morning it became even more fun - in addition to the even stronger wind, a downpour began. And so the whole day. The children were sent to the most wind and rain resistant tent (which turned out to be the Pinquin Omega 6 tent), while they themselves sat (or rather stood) in the tent. The three remaining tents were nevertheless laid to the ground by the wind and rain, and soaked through (along with all things). The only good thing about it was that there were no mosquitoes. As a result, we slept in one tent and two cars. Fortunately, the next day was calm and sunny, which allowed us to dry things.
On the fifth day, our friends could not stand it. They did not have confidence in tents, they could no longer endure mosquitoes. By the evening of the fifth day, they had left, and only my wife and children remained. In short, a calm passive rest began. Because the previous storm brought tons of nets ashore, walking along the shore, I chose one that was really "reanimate", which I did in the evening. After 3 hours, the grid was raputana.
The weather was super, except for one day when there was absolute calm and the heat was unbearable. On this day, new vacationers with tents appeared on the coast about 300 meters from both sides. And by the evening of that day, I decided to put the net again and throw the spinning rods on the bearing. By the end of the day, I regretted it again. As soon as it got dark, another hurricane began. This time it was a sandstorm accompanied by a violent thunderstorm.
The force of the wind was so great that the sand was blown everywhere - through the windows of the tent through the mosquito, into the vestibule. The sand stopped carrying only an hour later, when it started to rain. We've got everything. But all the neighbors were not so lucky. For some, the metal frame of the tent was torn and turned over, while for others, the tent was torn off and almost carried away (everyone slept in cars). Of course, the net set up the day before was carried away again. We were definitely unlucky with fishing - in two weeks we caught only 2 dozen gobies, and then from a boat to snacks, far from the coast. Although they themselves saw how quite large bearings swim by the very shore in the evenings.
A day after the last hurricane, we broke camp and went home, where, although it is hot, there are no mosquitoes. Although if there was an opportunity to stay for another week, we would have stayed without hesitation, despite the mosquitoes.
Yes, mosquitoes are a big problem there.
But for the sake of all the benefits of such a holiday, they can be tolerated (of course, within reasonable limits).
In writing this story, I certainly missed a lot. But most importantly, he pointed out the main points, what you need to be prepared for when traveling as savages to Arabatka.
