After one week in Chirinda, we moved further North and away from civilization. To reach Oleg's hunting hut by snowmobiles, we had to cross woods, a few hills, frozen rivers and lakes.
It's been 30 years, since Oleg started to live and hunt by the Diupkun lake. "I'm not killing, I'm producing", - he explains about hunting. Firstly, he lived there with his family. Now only his helpers come to live and work with him.
All of them have their duties and responsibilities. When not working, they either smoke and drink tea or sit quietly in the hut and think about something. They look like meditating...
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After driving 600 km away from Krasnojarsk we crossed a river of Angara and finally started riding the winter road. 1000 km of "zemnyk" was full of white beauty, wild nature, cold nights and a couple of more truck failures.
We met Oleg, a friend of Zilvinas in Krasnojarsk and he joined us together with his buddy Aleksandr. Now it's 5 of us traveling through cold taiga and experiencing peculiarities of "zemnyk".
On the way to Bogucianai we stopped by Oleg's relatives and were warmly welcomed in their house. They live in the area, where lots of lithuanian relatives are left after exile.
Because...
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As we're going up North, our adventures continues. "Moderna", the company that prepared our truck for the trip, left us a lot of unpleasant surprises. Therefore, Giedrius and Zilvinas had not only to become a long-distance drivers but also resourceful mechanics. They were going all over the truck, diving in the fuel and looking for the ways to fix the bugs almost every day.
After the flat tire was fixed the marathon of other failures continued. First of all the heaters of fuel pipes burned them and the fuel started to run through the holes under the truck. Giedrius and Zilvinas were taking a fuel...
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