Anzhelika Savchenko

Altai trekking back in August 2020 has been a life-changing experience for me. After 10 days spent in wild nature, I felt like I would never be scared about anything anymore. I felt so invincible, so resilient, so fearless. However, after just a couple of months living in a civilized, highly developed world, my fears and subconscious programs started to pop up in my mind again, becoming even stronger and more empowered. I knew, I needed to escape a city for a little while, turn off my phone, go for a hike in a place, where's almost no one, but nature...

I’ve always been scared of men and always felt insecure by them, giving the fact, that nearly 30% of women in the world at least once were abused by a man (according to WHO statistic), as well as there are many domestic violence cases in Russia too. This story is different though. This story is about something that I had never done before and wouldn’t advise anyone to do unless you know the person very well or, at least, you can read people well. I was invited by a Chinese man to his villa, which was placed in a tiny village in Zhejiang province...

Следующий день мы шли вдоль реки Кучерла до последней точки нашего пешего маршрута – стоянки Изекерю. Мы должны были пройти 12 км, под горку, что далось нам очень легко, учитывая, что в этот раз погода наконец-то благоволила нам: снова было тепло и солнечно. Мы шли по непротоптанным дорожкам, переходили горные ручьи по теперь уже привычным для нас скользким стволам деревьев, встречали много туристов по пути, обнимались с их собаками, пытались найти медвежьи норы, но вместо них находили конфеты и порошки для газировок, оставленные другими щедрыми туристами на тропе...