Originally Posted by
sisyphusmpn
There is a great deal of variability in the ways we decide to spend our time and money. For me, Kamchatka was about coming around a bend on the Zhupanova and seeing a perfect conical volcano belching smoke in the distance. It was about fishing a mouse all day and watching the wakes of big rainbows chasing it down. It was about listening to my guide sing Russian folk songs in his deep baritone. It was watching a stellar eagle rise from her giant nest to go on a hunt for the hungry chicks chirping in the background. It was about the luxury and amazement of flush toilets and rustic saunas at riverside camps in the middle of absolute nowhere. It was about the utter silence and gazing at billions of stars at night after a few shots of Russki Standard vodka. It was about stepping back in time in Petropavlovsk and getting a glimpse into what life was like during the Soviet era. It was about a total immersive experience of which fishing was only a part. It was about a life experience.
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