Do you have a holiday to dress up for? Every year Goa has its own Freak* Parade, where anyone can dress up, paint themselves up, dress up as a hero and show themselves off to everyone. It is always a lot of fun. The parade ends at the end of Arambol beach with the sound of drums and everyone dances to the drums and then goes home cheerful and happy with life... *A freak is not a freak in this context, but an eccentric funny man, wearing fancy clothes. India, Goa, Aramboli,…
Good afternoon everyone! Today I want to show you a little mouse. Today is his first day on instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mousegrad. If you have an instagram, please support him by saying something encouraging to him. I can't reveal who he is yet and what his plans are, but I think I will tell you at some point. And may your day be as joyful as this mouse's!
Do you know what anarchy is? I don't know about you, but I don't like pictures of food, colours and different charts where bitcoin goes up and down. I like original photos of people's lives, and sometimes even simple photos, like the one I post where I saw an anarchy sign on the road. By refusing to be in control, you take your life into your own hands, that is, instead of the common idea that anarchy is chaos, it is actually the beginning of personal order. You are in…
I took this picture an hour ago, on my way to buy Hericium, and saw the picture - a wooden church against a backdrop of concrete apartment blocks, with the sun rising above them. It seemed interesting. And how are you spending your Saturday, have you been out walking yet? I don't see any photos of your walks! It's all charts and flowers and food again, ha ha ha!
Have you ever been in a movie? I completely forgot to tell you that I did an Indian film, "Indian 2", in 2020. Before that, I had only acted in Russian films. It's an interesting experience, but I don't think the film has been released yet... It was filmed in Chennai (formerly Madras) and I met different interesting people there... It was an amazing experience!
I photographed the sleeping Buddha in the small town of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, during my trip to Asian countries in 2013. It would be interesting to know what kind of dreams the Buddha had. I often dream about different places I have visited before. Most of all I dream about India and Nepal. What do you dream about?
This photo shows a Christmas service in the Altai town of Zarinsk. The priest I know, Father Andrei, is leading the service, and the one on the left is my old friend, the sexton Sergei, with whom we have been friends since the first grade of school. Zarinsk is my childhood town and I go there several times a year. Do you visit the church?
As I travelled around Laos, I looked at its mountains and wondered how much they resembled those of my native Altai. And I also thought about how, in ancient times, people walked across the land without cars, they crossed all those mountains to visit distant lands and return home with stories of amazing places. This journey took many years and was a once in a lifetime experience. And we have the opportunity to travel simply by buying a plane ticket... But I sometimes think,…
Do you have any birds like this? The main thing is that the bird doesn't peck you! I risked putting this proud bird on my arm for the sake of a photo, but it was clearly not happy about it. Still, it is a tame bird, though wild by nature. The photo was taken in May 2019 in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, where we were travelling at the time.
It was a sunny day. While I was waiting for my customers, I saw pigeons sitting on the balcony - eight birds and another 15 below, on the ledge, they were sitting basking in the sun and suddenly, from above, a large flock flew up from the roof. They immediately soared up, as if they had been waiting for it, circled over me and flew off into another courtyard - it was magnificent! I didn't have time to take a picture of the flying flock, I just froze and looked at the…
An early morning at Phewa Lake in Pokhara, Nepal, where I lived in May 2018. It's been three years and it feels like 100 years, so much has changed in this world. Do you ever think about the fact that time seems to run faster?
What can I say? I had another good day today. Yesterday I found a buyer for the flat and today the seller received a deposit from the buyers, which means that I will have a paycheck in March. It's my dull weekday, because my dreams are of faraway countries, travel and adventure, not dull money-making... I wish everyone as much adventure in life as possible! Do you like adventure? The picture shows the house and the flat, which is almost sold out!
In this picture, Europeans in Africa undergo a rite of initiation with the psychoactive substance ibogin. In the Americas, similar rites are performed with ayahuasca; in Siberia shamans used an infusion of fly agaric to allow the spirit to detach itself from the body and escape into the other world. For most people this is all very taboo, but I wonder if you had (or have) anything like this in your country?
My morning looked like this - a piercing wind, a snow-covered street and me, sleepy, going to show someone else's flat. It's been more than three months of snow, and I long for warmth and sunshine. What kind of morning do you have? Sunny or misty? Photo: Russia, Novosibirsk, 18.02.2022 (morning today)
And this is what the centre of our city of Novosibirsk looks like in the evening. I worked all day, didn't even have time to rest. I'll rest tomorrow, but for now I'll be drinking tea and watching the movie Queen of the South. What kind of films do you watch?
Yesterday we had a day of remembrance for Yegor Letov. In 2008, a musician I knew died, who had a great influence not only on my life but also on that of my generation. His poems and songs were philosophical reflections on life, on death, on freedom, on love. He inspired everyone to live life to the fullest and not to succumb to philistine inertia. When he died, he was 43 years old. I would like to show you one of his poems... Someone Else (author Yegor Letov) I am walking…
When I want to talk about something serious, I post it in my Walking the globe community. I wrote there that \this is Real stories from the lives of our neighbours on the planet. But, alas, no one backed me up. Perhaps I wrote something I didn't understand? Today I'd like to recommend you to watch a very interesting interview with Marcel Messing, but you have to include English subtitles - https://youtu.be/wGJ_FcDoFfw And for Russian subscribers I published it on my Russian…
In the mountains of Kyrgyztan in 2019, admiring the beauty of the mountain rivers. And now I'm wintering in Siberia and just remembering my travels around the world in the old days... And it's good to have something to remember! And what are your best memories?
Russia's military operation in Ukraine began today. To put it simply: war. If other countries intervene, it will be the beginning of World War III. One would very much hope that this will not happen, because the Russian president has decided that Russia's showdown with Ukraine is only a Russian-Ukrainian showdown. What happens next, time will tell, but the situation is developing too fast and all other news becomes insignificant and of little interest...
Mood: I love everyone, hug everyone, wish you all good health and a peaceful sky over your head! The photo was taken in the Indian state of Goa during my first trip to India in 2011. Have a good weekend everyone!
Today I took a picture of the sun, which sings to me with all its might - spring is coming! Even though we have winter (snow, cold) for another two months, the sun is already laughing, winking and encouraging me, promising that soon the snow will melt and warmer weather will come. Today I visited a family of psychotherapists to discuss Russian politics, streams of consciousness and the ability to keep oneself under control in any situation... Do you always control your…
Pictured here is one of the beautiful evenings in Goa. And today is the last day of winter!!! Although we still have snow in Siberia, today is a small celebration - a farewell to winter! And today also marks the start of Maslenitsa, a week for Orthodox Christians when people in Russia don't eat meat, but bake pancakes and drink milk, and the next week is Lent, when people don't eat meat or dairy products until Easter. Some people don't eat meat at all because they are…
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