Tag: road trip

Skiing

Vagabond skier with a mission – Ahmet DadaliĀ“s journey from N.Y. into the big mountains

It’s the beginning of December and thanks to a storm, that has brought 80 cmĀ“s of fresh snow in the last 48 hours, Laax Ski Resort in the GraubĆ¼nden Canton in Switzerland, has just opened itĀ“s lifts. I’m standing above the treeline on a knoll, focusing on a skier above […]

Travel

Following the road less travelled into Russian Karelia

Ā The border formalities on the Finnish side go smoothly, but on the Russian side the bureaucratic Soviet influence is still evident: I have to fill several small entry forms and then queue with them from one counter to the next. As I am crossing the border by car I have […]