31.07.10

It was a day for late starts … we left Yagodnoye about 2pm and I decided on a short ride, 140km down the road to Susuman.  There was little point going further.  There are no towns down the road we were going to go.  Susuman was a good base to tackle the Old Summer Road, between the two abandoned towns of Kadykchan and Kyubeme.  And so I put my headphones in and we cruised to Susuman where we checked into a hotel for the night about 5pm.

This car didnt make it to Susuman …

And neither did these two …

01.08.10

I wanted an early start because today was going to be a key day, but Sherri Jo needed to do some packing re-structuring.  We finally got away about 11:30am after a stop for some local sightseeing – one plane buff resident has stuck an Ilyushin aeroplane to his apartment.

He can even walk through the fuselage to say hello from the cockpit.

Once underway we hotfooted it to the abandoned city of Kadykchan.

Those who read last year’s Road of Bones report will recall the history.  Last year Tony and I had arrived at 10pm and needed to do the remaining 80km to Susuman to get to a hotel.  This year I had a lot more time to explore.  And for those of you who requested more pictures of the abandoned city, I made sure I took plenty more pictures for your viewing pleasure.