After six month of ice and snow, finally spring has found its way to Esso. Within 1 month almost all snow has gone, temperatures have risen from -20 to +15°C and days are long and sunny. My last month on Kamchatka has begun and my feet are itching. I have chosen not to finish the trip with the end of my voluntary service but to continue my travels and to go home the slowly way. A motorbike will carry me home from Vladivostok to Switzerland during the next 4 month. How the adventure continues, you can read and see on this blog.
But first still some news from Esso: The sunny spring in combination with the thermal water has lead to an explosion of vegetables in the green houses of the village. Fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, radish and herbs provide us with vitamins. On the other hand the melting snow changed the clean, well conditioned roads into muddy courses and the places in the north are again cut off the world for half a year, only available by helicopter and tank. Water is omnipresent and often means long detours, if your way crosses a river. Anyway, walking in rubber boots is great fun.
