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This was my first attempt at wielding something useful, second being "Old Soviet" USB flash. But I did the engraving and epoxy filling at much later time than wielding of a case itself. So let me present you, my new rugged 16gb usb flash:


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Well, about two weeks ago I happen to get out and have a walk and a ride at winter forest. And that's was really good feeling, even considering -25C or less temperature, deep snow and a wind.


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Today's story is all about world war two and... game of geocashing.


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Well, after first two days and more than a 1000 kilometers of road we decided to take a little break and just rest. So, for the most part of the day we just sleep, swim, took a walk in the forest, eat blueberries and, well, just rest merrily :p.


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Total travel time: ~7* hours
Total travel distance: ~450* km (279.6 Mi)
Average speed: ~66 km/h* (41 Mph)
Starting Point: Novgorod oblast
Finishing point: shore of the lake Ladoga
GPS Track: [*]

* well, I actually lost GPS track for this day, sorry folks (and for the numbers I have to use the data for the back trip :P)


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Okay, more than a week passed since our return from Karelia. And no photos to see and no stories to read was published here, in my journal. Well, that's a pity. Some of my close friends tracked progress of our little trip by checking my twitter account (I posted there some travel notes when we had cellphone network coverage), but everyone else can' ( Read more... )

We're back from Karelia.

Summary of our little expedition:

• 3700km [GPS track from Koshak's "onboard" navigator] of good highways, bad asphalt roads, top-soil roads, forest roads, marsh roads and almost no roads at all with a bit of hardcore offroading (electric winch *is* a savior).
• Visited places:
  • Ladoga lake;
  • Onega lake;
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