Russian California: from rags to riches | Sochi Urban Exploration

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Once upon a time I asked myself: is it possible to live in the slums surrounded by palm trees but have a choice to either swim in the sea or go skiing? This question arose in my mind as suddenly as I found the answer, having visited Sochi, the capital city of Russian California haha. In less than a week I explored Sochi with its variety of climate zones and places of interest.
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@Nick-xi5vy Год назад

Russian California is a perfect comparison - beaches, Palm trees, and people living in garages

@Drosera420 2 года назад

I love these videos. It's been wonderful getting to learn about all the towns you've visited.

@Kevin-yh9yt 2 года назад

"Abandon hope, all ye that enter here" - Dantes Inferno What a sign to find in Russia! Great video Vaga-bond. My new favorite channel. Stay safe!

@peterharrer3261 2 года назад

Terrific work, VAGA BOND. Your videos begin where other vloggers end, showing us not only Sochi but the treacherous mountain passes nearby and the changes brought about by the 2014 Olympics. Have been watching you for a while now and am always impressed. The chances you take traveling by freight train. Incredible. However, your commentaries on Russian cities and unusual sites are some of your best work. You have insight others lack--Vorkuta, for example. Question: Have you visited the White Sea Canal dug by Gulag prisoners? Might be interesting.

@ivantrainsLIVE 2 года назад

Thank you. Belomorcanal is one my list, sooner or later I will visit it.

@kpb96m 2 года назад

I subscribed because I like you showing the towns. I like the abandoned towns better than the train surfing. Can you do Volgograd? Its my favorite Russian city 💓

@andrewthomas-mz8nh 9 месяцев назад

Atmospheric video and I admire the discipline to enjoy "enough" without wanting more in the mountains (snowboarding). Also a bit of philosophy at the end. Great video. I think there may be few people who can make a Russian Black Sea resort in winter entertaining!

@adolfobama3601 2 года назад

Thank you so much for uploading this❤ just showed this to my mother and she was in disbelieve how many things have changed over the olympics. Also you totally should have filmed the central train Station, it has very pretty architekture.

@ivantrainsLIVE 2 года назад

Shame I didn't film it. Another great example of Soviet architecture.

@ericcarlson3746 Год назад

Great video Vaga Bond! that canyon is amazing!

@dionysian6941 2 года назад

What an awesome video! Great scenery

@michaelbastion 2 года назад

Great video mate. The resort at 8:18 looks awesome :) I liked the story about the garages too

@stacyholt6529 2 года назад

Such a beautiful country. Thank you for the glimpse into Russia and its cities.

@Rblock777 6 месяцев назад

Russia stole this place from Georgia

@johnroff1941 2 года назад

You do great videos. You deserve many more subscribers

@infinitum432 2 года назад

Cool video! Magnificient trip👍👍👍

@rokgaber 2 года назад

You're the best man! Great channel.

@xela001 2 года назад

Wow, great video 😍😍 thx so much for the interesting views Did u start new journeys recently? 😏 excited to see the next 👌🏻

@jovancvetojevic3980 2 года назад

Great video!

@DagothUr 2 года назад

Keep making these i find the places interesting! (Also, comment for youtube engagement)

@VanCityGuy1 2 года назад

I love your stuff, you are hard core, your knowledge of the train system is amazing, will you ever settle down and live a normal life, any way, stay safe.

@treck87 2 года назад

Very nice tour video

@williamlloyd3769 2 года назад

Galleries to protect the road along the gorge from rocks reminds me of Central Pacific railroad snow sheds built to protect tracks from avalanche in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

@staycxld 2 года назад

damn bro, you're over 6k subs now! I remember you only 1k a couple months ago!

@watson4683 2 года назад

I like to watch your vidios, you explain so much, thank you. Great work

@kubafreedom714 2 года назад

beatifull film , great scenery and wideo , grettings

@erhanxl 2 года назад

usually it is a topic of a "dare" to sleep in a cemetery, man does it for fun :d

@yearight6294 2 года назад

the old road looks very cool

@me-ev3kz 8 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@LosNiggaRO 2 года назад

Dude just randomly woke up in a graveyard lmao

@kpb96m 2 года назад

6.73K subscribers and growing!!

@bullsdeephook1832 Год назад

The advantage of camping 🏕️ in a cemetery 🪦, is that you know that your neighbors aren't gonna be noisy🔇.

@Banditt42 10 месяцев назад

Thanks again for showing me a place I will never visit.

@Jez.Von.Franco 2 года назад

Great vid , very interesting places, and so correct about live ,better to live it than worried about death coz that’s coming anyway

@eazykillax2468 2 года назад

good job! molodec!

@nicholasberris6246 11 месяцев назад

its funny i find myself thinking my friends and i do alot of exploring like you do. i thought to myself "id hang out with this guy " lol i live just north of the real miami,in a place called west palm beach. come see the palm trees , and we have better "breakfast" coffee too lol be easy adventure timing

@nyckolaus 7 месяцев назад

I'm glad you didn't die!

@D.Jay. 2 года назад

I have a much better understanding of Russia due to this channel. I enjoy seeing more similarities to my own country with every video.

@robbicu 2 года назад

Super!

@astyanax905 2 года назад

Canadian here. I share your love of palms, and unfortunately with your lack of palms too. Vancouver has some apparently, but that's about it

@-ca-- 2 года назад

The black sea beach is son pretty, that would make superbe landscape photographs. And you're so right about McDonald's...

@daveshongkongchinachannel 2 года назад

What a truly amazing place. Sub-tropical down below and snow up on high. Love the old mountain road and it's a pity they didn't keep the entire road open, at least for bicycles, motorbikes or other light traffic.

@ivantrainsLIVE 2 года назад

As you noticed in the video there were footages with bike riders on that road. They drive there simply bypassing the barriers.

@daveshongkongchinachannel 2 года назад

@@ivantrainsLIVE Ah, I was thinking perhaps only a section of the entire road was still passable. It’s good that the original road can still be experienced by those with a free sprint like yourself.

@joepeach997 Год назад

I guess there is a rock somewhere with our name on it, and when it falls...We won't be able to see where Vaga Bond is going next.

@lloydritchey 2 месяца назад

Memento mori, Vagabond.

@7thdmnsnldrmr 2 года назад

Great

@vajcochlpko Год назад

12:46 wekman was heree

@SaroShow 2 года назад

Hello! Nice video! New subscriber! I'm from Sicily and I also make videos 😆

@handumanan3357 2 года назад

really nice video and good job for doing it. I wish I could do the same travelling places. watching from Canada.

@copiumdealer1 2 года назад

Great video, I just joined the channel as I like what I saw and appreciate what you are doing, I hope the merge amount will be of some help to you. I'll donate once when my financial situation stabilize.

@Joe-jg6zz 2 года назад

How do you pay for the train tickets? You seem to be on the move non stop

@ivantrainsLIVE 2 года назад

I don't need a ticket to ride freight trains

@theSalukie 2 года назад

Hey Ivan, if you ever plan to come to Latin America, I’d like to join you on a train hopping journey

@NoemieY 2 года назад

What month of the year did you visit exactly?

@ivantrainsLIVE 2 года назад

January.

@PlasticRevolver69 6 месяцев назад

All that wilderness but no wildlife? I’ve watched a few videos and have yet to even see a bird or deer…. why?

@telesniper2 Год назад

6:35 yes - Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Austr-- ah wait that's already 5

@gardnersmith3580 Год назад

The name is Bond. Vaga Bond, secret agent 000.

@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062 2 года назад

I love how the city is just named "eagle" but in German. I wonder if there was possible Russian-German influence in that region?

@ivantrainsLIVE 2 года назад

No, Adler comes from abkhazian word "artlar" which means "quay" in Russian.

@martincarbosin3431 2 года назад

I was there! In August 1991 last year of USSR. I have to say it was a bit shocking experience compare to other cities and towns I had went through such as Tulapse where I was staying with the organised trip from Poland. We had been visiting Sochi about 3-4 times at that point, but in last time authorities didn't let us in because the coup of Yanayew started.

@sassymenses 2 года назад

May be Tuapse?

@martincarbosin3431 2 года назад

@@sassymenses Could be.

@sarribel 2 года назад

Rags and Riches. Urban Thackiness next to amazing natural areas. Eternal Russia. THX

@billysanford9799 2 года назад

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. (James 4:14) KJV

@Alexandros.Apeirwtan 2 года назад

dude you slept in a cemetery...

@MarriedToTheKGB 2 года назад

tbh it still looks depressing and a concrete jungle even though they threw billions at it

@trevinschaerr3732 2 года назад

So it really is like California!

@Onatyrade 10 месяцев назад

FSB

@Rblock777 2 года назад

Underrated video Sad that these cool geographic places belongs to corrupt Russia

@trevinschaerr3732 2 года назад

Great geographic places are always in corrupt countries, because every damn country is corrupt to one degree or another i.e. Amazon Forest in Corrupt Brazil.

@user-ny2dx7lz3s 2 года назад

Это у вас коррупция.

@user-ny2dx7lz3s 2 года назад

@@Rblock777 Именно ваши запад Британия и США финансируют терроризм во всём мире кто вооружали ИГИЛ, Талибан война в Африке благодаря ЕС и США так вам удобно грабить кто финансирует оранжевые революции в США даже не скрывают что в госпереварот на Украине вложили пять миллиардов долларов кто бомбил Югославии даже маленькая Литва занималась госпереваротом на Украине и Белоруссии. Уверен что этот бумеранг возвратится.

@jiytruywer1996 11 месяцев назад

And this places should belong to your country haha Dream about it lol

@Rblock777 6 месяцев назад

@@jiytruywer1996 Actually Russia stole Sochi from Georgia, just like they stole Vyborg from Finland and Crimea from Ukraine. So I would like it to belong to its owners not the cursed Russia