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A morning walk through the summer aromas of wild flowers and herbs in a Russian countryside. A hardly visible track leads the way through hills to the small village of Sinyavskoye. It is about 5km from Tanais railway station and there are several paths to choose. A dirt road goes along the wheat fields on the right. That’s the way the old bus will run getting summer residents to their dachas. Another trail on the left is showing the way via the meadow and along the rail tracks and the river. The quickest way, but with meadows getting flooded periodically it might be tricky to get through without getting wet. The scenic walk and my favourite one is along the hill slope. If you are lucky to be in the right time you can find ripe mulberries, sloes, and raspberries together with numerous birds, poisonous vipers and other local residents.

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Not long ago we had a chance to stay at Dairy Park – a working farm in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Days were spent enjoying farm activities mustering sheep and cattle, driving around on ATVs and sitting near the fireplace after delicious dinner made from all the locally grown produce. One afternoon after seeing how sheepdog works and being amazed by the intelligence of this animal we drove up to the one of the highest hill on the property. Just as sun was setting down and the temperature was dropping to zero, I thought that I should have taken the gloves from the cabin. Frozen fingers, however, were very much worth the view. Perfect timing, perfect location and the sunset was stunning.

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Driving through long and empty roads of the New South Wales I was highly tempted to enjoy the beautiful scenery outside instead of keeping my attention on the road. The last time I was going this way about a year ago. That year Australia was on an edge of the record 9-year drought with 95% of state officially having not enough rain. Not surprisingly most of the land had not much growing, yellow or brown was the colour of everything below the horizon. With the end of 2010 all of that changed. There is now record amounts of rain pouring down, dams filling up, rivers are flowing on the roads and colours slowly change to greenish-bluish. In a particular spot where I stopped once again, instead of dry grass I am now seeing new green plants, a small tree and a pond. And if you have a closer look you can even notice a little duckling in the pond too.

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Lady conductor waits for passengers during one hour stop of the express intercity service in Sochi, Russia. With a lot of construction on the way for the 2014 Winter Olympics timetables were amended beyond logic to allow quick passage of the freight trains carrying supplies.

Location: Sochi, Russia.

In the middle of summer with about 40C inside the carriage and no air-conditioner the only way to survive a 12-hour journey was to stand near the open window in a corridor. I would stick out of the window, cool off and take few pictures of the dusk. One of them particularly well shows the dynamics of the moment, gliding through the beautiful country side and breathing the fresh fragrant mix of trees and flowers.

Location: North Caucasian Russian Railways, on a way to the Black Sea.