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The White Sea again — this time a loop around the Kandalaksha Gulf out of Chupa: 210 kilometers folded in half, belugas and seals, rain and heat. And for dessert, a tour across the Kola Peninsula all the way to the Barents Sea.

https://twopuffins.com/en/posts/nord-norge/2016-08-08T00:00:00.000Z 2016-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

The summer heat of 2016 drove us north. With a month and a half to spare we changed our plans and set off by kayak along Northern Norway — from Tromsø to Nordkapp, through fjords, fishing, storms, and an endless headwind.

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We'd wanted to paddle Lake Ladoga for ages, but the difficult logistics put us off: while you can reach Lake Onega by train, there's no direct route to Ladoga. But that year we…

https://twopuffins.com/en/posts/iran-trip/2016-01-25T00:00:00.000Z 2016-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

We had no plans for this New Year, so we improvised: three days in Georgia, a day in Baku — and almost two weeks in Iran, where tourists barely went at the time.

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You cannot step into the same river twice. And all the more so, into the same sea. Last year's trip gave us unforgettable impressions, and in 2015 we decided to go on the White Sea again, but this time…

https://twopuffins.com/en/posts/gulf-of-finland/2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z 2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z

This year we had to push the opening of our kayaking season back from the May holidays, because we'd gone to Crimea, and after that we made an unsuccessful outing on the Volga, where it was terribly…

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Our summer trips can be grouped by the following factors: they last more than 2 weeks, we cover great distances, and it always rains. This year was no…

https://twopuffins.com/en/posts/onega/2014-07-22T00:00:00.000Z 2014-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Our final stage of preparation for the White Sea and a big test of how ready our gear — and we ourselves — really were. Right after Seliger, Dasha decided we needed something more serious and set her sights on…

https://twopuffins.com/en/posts/seliger/2014-06-17T00:00:00.000Z 2014-06-17T00:00:00.000Z

The story of how we discovered Lake Seliger. After our spring trip across the lakes near Moscow, Dasha suggested spending the June holidays on a trip from the source of the Volga. Everything was going…

https://twopuffins.com/en/posts/velikodvorie/2014-05-08T00:00:00.000Z 2014-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

A year ago Dasha and I discovered the full charm of kayak trips, paddling a 50-kilometer loop across the lakes of Meshchera. That year, though, we were – to put it mildly – not quite ready for…

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On 3 August 2013 we got married and set off on a journey that lasted almost a whole month. From Moscow to Moscow: St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Iceland by bike, Prague and Vienna — the diary of an entire honeymoon.

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Once, around the age of 12, poring over a map of the Shatura district, I discovered that four lakes – Sokorevo, Ivankovskoye, Shagara and Svyatoye – are linked by channels and form a ring that…