Russian California: from rags to riches | Sochi Urban Exploration

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]

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

[@Drosera420]

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

[@ericcarlson3746]

Great video Vaga Bond! that canyon is amazing!

[@michaelbastion]

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

[@adolfobama3601]

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]

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

[@peterharrer3261]

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]

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

[@dionysian6941]

What an awesome video! Great scenery

[@johnroff1941]

You do great videos. You deserve many more subscribers

[@DagothUr]

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

[@rokgaber]

You're the best man! Great channel.

[@kpb96m]

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 💓

[@Kevin-yh9yt]

"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!

[@xela001]

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

[@jovancvetojevic3980]

Great video!

[@VanCityGuy1]

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.

[@infinitum432]

Cool video! Magnificient trip👍👍👍

[@stacyholt6529]

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

[@Rblock777]

Russia stole this place from Georgia

[@staycxld]

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

[@williamlloyd3769]

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.

[@watson4683]

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

[@LosNiggaRO]

Dude just randomly woke up in a graveyard lmao

[@erhanxl]

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

[@treck87]

Very nice tour video

[@me-ev3kz]

Thank you!

[@kubafreedom714]

beatifull film , great scenery and wideo , grettings

[@yearight6294]

the old road looks very cool

[@robbicu]

Super!

[@Jez.Von.Franco]

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

[@kpb96m]

6.73K subscribers and growing!!

[@-ca--]

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

[@eazykillax2468]

good job! molodec!

[@Banditt42]

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

[@D.Jay.]

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

[@nicholasberris6246]

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]

I'm glad you didn't die!

[@handumanan3357]

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

[@daveshongkongchinachannel]

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]

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

[@daveshongkongchinachannel]

@@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.

[@astyanax905]

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

[@7thdmnsnldrmr]

Great

[@vajcochlpko]

12:46 wekman was heree

[@SaroShow]

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

[@copiumdealer1]

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.

[@joepeach997]

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]

Memento mori, Vagabond.

[@bullsdeephook1832]

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

[@theSalukie]

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

[@Joe-jg6zz]

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

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

I don't need a ticket to ride freight trains

[@telesniper2]

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

[@martincarbosin3431]

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]

May be Tuapse?

[@martincarbosin3431]

@@sassymenses Could be.

[@gardnersmith3580]

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

[@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062]

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]

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

[@NoemieY]

What month of the year did you visit exactly?

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

January.

[@PlasticRevolver69]

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

[@sarribel]

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

[@billysanford9799]

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

[@Onatyrade]

FSB

[@MarriedToTheKGB]

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

[@trevinschaerr3732]

So it really is like California!

[@Alexandros.Apeirwtan]

dude you slept in a cemetery...

[@Rblock777]

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

[@trevinschaerr3732]

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]

Это у вас коррупция.

[@user-ny2dx7lz3s]

@@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]

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

[@Rblock777]

@@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

[@Aleksa_Lomako]

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[@Aleksa_Lomako]

Filmed during year 7 of war 🔱 Слава Україні🇺🇦

[@Aleksa_Lomako]

🇺🇦 Крим це УКРАЇНА!!! 🇺🇦

[@abarcajose86]

Great video!