adventure tourism, active species recreation and sports are excellent activities, but we will talk about something else. We will visit the corners of the planet, which are considered the hottest, coldest, rainiest and many others that go beyond the ordinary.

About we already wrote. But now we are not talking about tropical beaches. paradise where you can put on cream and sunbathe serenely in the sun. These are places where hellish heat stands. In the Iranian Lut desert, temperatures sometimes exceed 70 degrees. It will be easier to imagine this if we point out one fact: aerosol cans start to explode at 50 degrees.

Until recently, Dallol in Ethiopia was considered the hottest inhabited place on earth, where the average annual temperature ranges from 34 to 46 degrees. However, it is now a ghost town. The inhabitants left it without explaining what bothered them more: the heat or the nearby volcano.

2. The coldest places on Earth

Of course, this is Antarctica. The previous record (-89°C), recorded in 1983, was broken in 2010 and amounted to -92°C. This is enough for carbon dioxide to turn into dry ice when you exhale. Although, this is the least of the troubles, if you happen to take a walk there ...

The most severe winter pales before the frosts that reign in the Russian Oymyakon, the coldest inhabited place on Earth. average temperature— -40°C, minimum recorded — -71.2°C. Many residents do not turn off their vehicles for weeks so that the fuel does not freeze.

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3. The wettest place in the world

Many areas compete for this title, but the leaders are the Indian Cherrapunji and the Colombian Tutunendo. The annual rainfall here varies within 13,000 mm, almost 20 times more than, for example, in Moscow (708 mm). Local residents do not carry umbrellas, they dress them in the form of special designs. Moreover, they do it as habitually as we put on shoes before going out into the street.

4. The driest place in the world

The Atacama Desert in Chile is more like a Martian landscape than a terrestrial one. It receives about 10 mm of precipitation per year, and even then not everywhere. Some areas have not seen a single drop of rain for hundreds of years. Despite the extreme aridity, the desert is quite a popular tourist destination. Basically, these are fans of astronomy who have chosen the Moon Valley due to the complete absence of clouds.

5. The highest located settlement in the world

The debate over the highest point on the planet seems to have reached an impasse. Some consider the generally recognized Everest to be such, others insist that this is the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador, which, due to its location on the bulge of the equator, is the most distant peak from the center of the Earth. But the “highest” city has no competitors. This is La Rinconada in Peru, located at an altitude of 5100 meters above sea level. Founded by gold miners, the city has grown to 30,000 inhabitants, many of whom continue to mine ore.

6. The lowest place in the world

There will be no surprise, this is the Dead Sea in Israel, which is 418 meters below sea level. Of course, this place is popular not because of this, but solely because of the therapeutic properties of water. The density of salt in the Dead Sea is such that it is impossible to drown.

7. The most remote settlement in the world

Do you think that you are far from civilization, having driven 100 km from the city? That's who really understands what it means to "be cut off from the world" is almost three hundred inhabitants of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Their closest neighbors are Montevideo, which is 3,300 km away, and Cape Town, which is “only” 2,800 km away.

8. The most populated city in the world

The population of Tokyo is about 40 million people. Add here the crowds of tourists and a relatively small area, and you will understand what it means "the apple has nowhere to fall." It is not for nothing that the so-called capsule hotels are popular here, where for 20-30 euros you can spend the night in a cabin where not everyone can stand up or lie down to their full height.

9. The most populous place in the world

Until 1993, this title belonged to the walled city of Kowloon in Hong Kong, where 33,000 people lived on a piece of land measuring 120 by 210 meters. Now the most populous islet is Santa Cruz Del Islote, off the coast of Colombia. Its area is a little more than a hectare, on which over 1200 people huddle. Thus, the population density is more than 100,000 per 1 sq. km. km.

Impenetrable cliffs with steep carved stairs, glass and wooden suspension bridges located at great heights, islands extremely remote from land and inaccessible viewing platforms from which a fabulous view beautiful view- these are just a few examples of places that can attract fans of extreme sports. Walking on dangerous tracks and climbing the tops of cliffs is always fraught with a serious threat; only a few of the most courageous travelers prefer to visit some places on the planet. If you are attracted only by the most dangerous adventures, if you have long dreamed of being in one of the most dangerous places on the planet and testing your nerves, this review will definitely be of interest to you.

In China, on the territory of the Shanxi province, there is the legendary Mount Huashan. religious significance. On the peaks of the mountain, of which there are five in total, there are ancient religious sanctuaries, which are visited by thousands of pilgrims from year to year. However, travelers to these places are not attracted by religious sights at all, but by an extreme "attraction" - a path laid hundreds of years ago by monks leading to the peaks of the mountain.

According to historical data, more than 700 years ago, hermit monks lived in the mountains, who built a very difficult and dangerous passage in the rocks. Steep steps carved right into sheer cliffs, sloping and incredibly narrow wooden ledges passing over the gorges - every year these obstacles are boldly overcome by thousands of pilgrims and a huge number of extreme sports enthusiasts. The lowest of the five mountain peaks is the Northern one; lovers of comfort can reach it by funicular. Those who are not looking for easy ways will be offered a choice of two walking route, which allow you to bypass all five peaks and see the ancient pagodas located on them, caves and sanctuaries carved by monks.

The most popular of the two is the Hua Shan Yu route, which is about 6 km long and takes an average of about 5 hours to complete. A path full of dangers is known to a wide range of travelers as the "Path of Death", the route is considered the most dangerous in the world. Its most extreme sections remain narrow wooden bridges, laid right along the edge of the rocks, above the gorge. Experienced tourists recommend climbing in September, at this time of the year the mountains are especially beautiful.

One of the main attractions of Utah is national park Zaynon. It is here among the picturesque canyons and mountain peaks one of the most extreme places on the planet is hidden - an observation point with the romantic name "Shelter of Angels". It is believed that with this observation deck opens best view to the canyon, the main difficulty for tourists is to climb to observation platform not so easy. This event can become even more exciting than a long walk through the national park.

Many fans of extreme sports go in search of new sensations to Colombia. Here, between the miniature towns of El Peñol and Guatape, is the amazing rock of El Peñon de Guatape, climbing to the top of which promises to be one of the most exciting and memorable experiences in life. The height of the rock is 220 meters, according to scientists, it was formed more than 70 million years ago. The rock resembles a huge stone, its length is about 380 meters, and its width is about 100 meters, respectively. According to rough estimates, the weight of such a huge "stone" is close to 10 million tons.

In Spain, one of the best places for extreme recreation will be El Chorro Gorge, which is known for its fabulous beautiful waterfalls, swift rivers and futuristic landscapes. One of the main extreme attractions of the gorge is the so-called Royal Path - a concrete bridge laid along the wall of the gorge, devoid of any handrails and supports. This dangerous passage was built at the beginning of the 20th century for the workers who were building the dam.

The impregnable mountains do not cease to attract lovers of dangerous entertainment, the goal of brave climbers from all over the world is Mount Thor, located on Baffin Island, Canada. This impregnable granite mountain, whose height is about 1,250 meters, is considered the highest vertical slope on the planet, the slope of the mountain is only 105 degrees. It is obvious that climbing Thor Peak is a dangerous and difficult undertaking even for high-class climbers. However, a dangerous vertical slope is far from the only obstacle that awaits fans of extreme sports. The ascent to the mountain is significantly complicated by frequent rockfalls, because of which many athletes have to abandon their bold and determined intentions.

If for someone extreme is associated with conquest impregnable mountains, then for others - with a visit to the most remote and hard-to-reach corners of the planet. One of these places is the amazing Tristan da Cunha archipelago, located in Atlantic Ocean. The archipelago is inhabited, about 250 people live permanently on it. main feature of the picturesque archipelago lies in the fact that it is the most inhabited archipelago in the world farthest from land.

China is a real world leader in the number of extreme vacation spots. More recently, an original bridge was built on Mount Tianmen, which was called the "Path of Faith." The bridge is an absolutely transparent structure made of high-strength glass, which was equipped along the side of the mountain, right above the gorge overgrown with trees. walk along glass bridge- the event is not for the faint of heart and definitely not for those who feel dizzy from the height.

Not all experienced tourists are aware that just a couple of hours drive from Manhattan is one of the most dangerous places on the planet. Here is located small village Catshill, it is located near the eponymous mountain range and named one of the most dangerous paths in the world. The length of the trail is a little over 40 km. The path passes through incredibly beautiful mountainous terrain. The main danger for travelers here is not only difficult mountain climbs, but also wild animals.

Have you ever wondered where is the most extreme place on Earth? For everyone this place is different. If it seems dangerous to someone, then it may seem ordinary to another, and vice versa. So, get ready to see the 25 most interesting and extreme places on Earth, from which you will surely take your breath away.

1. Teahupoo, Tahiti

Catch the heaviest and big wave you can right here. Surfers from all over the world flock to this place to try their hand at fighting the deadliest wave on earth. The waves rolling off the coral reefs can seriously hurt you if you're an inexperienced beginner, so don't go into the fight alone!

2. Station “Vostok”, Antarctica

Perhaps the coldest place on Earth is not the best vacation for the whole family, but someone may find it interesting. At the Vostok station, the temperature can reach minus 87 degrees Celsius, so even scientists are relatively few there in winter - only 13. In summer, their number reaches 25 people.

3. Angel Falls, Venezuela

Angel Falls in Venezuela is the highest and only waterfall in the world with a continuous free fall. Its height is 984 meters. It's three times higher eiffel tower.

4. Dead Sea

Located between Israel and Jordan, the Dead Sea is the lowest place on earth, at about 430 meters below sea level. In addition, the Dead Sea is the saltiest in the world.

5. Mount Thor

Named after the Norse god of thunder, Mount Thor is powerful and truly worthy of that name. In addition, it has the most vertical slope.

6. Gansbaai, South Africa

Great white sharks like to be found in this place. And it is there that they are filmed documentaries. If you're brave enough, you can rent a boat and go diving in shark-infested waters.

7. Krubera Cave, Abkhazia

Located near the Black Sea, Krubera Cave is the second deepest cave after Verevkina Cave. The entrance is located at an altitude of 2197 meters above sea level. Initially, the passages to the cave were narrow and small, but many excavations in the process expanded them and made it possible to go inside. In recent years, the cave has been called the "Everest" of speleology.

8. Atacama Desert, South America

If you like a dry climate, then go to the Atacama Desert, located in Chile. You will not find a drier place. Research conducted by NASA scientists has successfully proven this. Even more surprising is that such a dry climate is replaced by a relative coolness of the air. During the day it is + 40 ° С, and at night + 5 ° С.

9. Thaumatafakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaifenuakitanatahu, New Zealand

New Zealand, in addition to extraordinary landscapes, can also be proud of the fact that one of the hills with the longest name in the world is located here. But the locals simply call her Taumata. Literally, it translates as: “The top of the hill where the big-kneed Tamatea, known as the earth-eater, rolled down, climbed again, swallowed mountains and played the flute for his beloved.” This toponym is worth visiting New Zealand.

10. Mariana Trench, Guam Island

Mariana Trench considered the most deep point Pacific Ocean. Only a few were able to dive into its depths. Located at a depth of 11 kilometers, it will certainly appeal to all thrill-seekers and diving enthusiasts.

11. Queimada Grande, Brazil

Better known as Snake Island, Queimada Grande, located near Sao Paulo, is the most dangerous place on the ground. It is here that the most concentrated a large number of deadly venomous spear vipers. Because of this, tourists and in general anyone was forbidden to set foot on the island. If bitten, death occurs in less than an hour. Although access directly to the island is prohibited, Brazilians make money on excursions to the island by boat. Tourists swim up to the maximum safe distance from which they can see a lot of snake balls lying on the rocks. The brave ones pay local residents who escort them to the island itself in special clothes. But it's still not worth the risk.

12. Oymyakon, Yakutia

Russia is rich too extreme places. One of them is the village of Oymyakon in Yakutia. This is the coldest place on earth. The temperature at the “pole of cold”, as it is called, can reach -88°С(!). At the same time, people live here permanently. But life here is incredibly dangerous and difficult.

13. Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

No matter how much you love extreme sports, no one would want to be near this volcano during its eruption. It is the most active volcano in existence. During one of its long eruptions, it destroyed about 200 buildings.

14. Dallol Volcano, Ethiopia

The same volcano is distinguished not only by unearthly, alien landscapes, but also by an incredibly high temperature. And it is not just high, but consistently high. On average, it reaches +35°С during the year.

15. Chimborazo Volcano, Ecuador

There is a widespread belief that the highest point on Earth is the summit of Everest. It is true, but in part. If we consider the distance not from sea level, but from the center of the Earth, then this volcano is much higher than Everest. By the way, it is always located above the clouds, so you can enjoy its landscape from the windows of the aircraft.

16. Chernobyl, Ukraine

Chernobyl recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. The release of tons of radioactive waste at nuclear power plants in 1986 made one of its once prosperous cities, Pripyat, a ghost town, and life in it is impossible for any living being. Despite this, several thousand pensioners remain in the city, and tourists visit the city, examining only some of its places that are the least contaminated with radiation. But visiting Chernobyl is still not recommended.

17. Mount Washington

In winter, the magnificent scenery of Mount Washington is carefully covered in snow. In fact, it is one of the snowiest places on earth. On average, about 16 meters of snow falls here annually.

18. Uyuni Salt Flat, Bolivia

The world's largest salt marsh with a length of 7242 km. Otherwise, it is called the "mirror of God." Indeed, the sight of such beauty is breathtaking. Salt marsh sparkling in the sun shimmers bright colors changing color throughout the day. However, it is not easy for tourists to get to it on their own. There is no road to the salt marsh, and in winter it becomes unusually cold.

19. Bishop Rock, England

The smallest island with the largest building on it. The lighthouse, built here in 1858, is 51 meters high and still helps ships find their way.

20. Tristan da Cunha, UK

The most remote inhabited island on Earth, but not the most the best place for relax. There are no hotels and restaurants here, and they do not accept credit card. It takes seven days to get to the island by boat, since there is no airport here either. 300 people living on it are engaged in fishing and seal hunting.

21. North Korea

Perhaps there is no more extreme place than North Korea. What makes it so is the totalitarian regime that reigns in the country, labor camps, the country's complete isolation and lack of access to the Internet. Want to take a break from gadgets, smartphones and computers? Then you definitely need to visit the DPRK.

22. Pico de Loro, Colombia

A good place for surfing. The place is not so popular and quite remote. In order to get there, you will need the help of a guide. Don't forget to bring food, drinks and camping equipment.

23. Mong Kok, Hong Kong

The area located to the West of Hong Kong is famous for being the most densely populated place on the planet with a density of 130,000 people per square kilometer.

24. Iron Mountain, California

Iron Mountain in California is heavily polluted by acidic rivers, salt, and bacterial slime from local mines.

The concentration of pollution and acid in the water can even burn the skin and dissolve tissues. How dangerous this is, confirms the robot sent by NASA into the mine, which never returned from there.

25. Orfield Laboratory, Minnesota

Most quiet place on Earth, which even got into the Guinness Book of Records. It is so quiet here that you can hear the sound of your own heartbeat. As a rule, people here withstand 20 minutes at most.

A fascinating walk through the most extreme places on our planet. The hottest inhabited place is Dallol, Ethiopia

The average daily temperature in Dallol is + 34.4 °C. It's no surprise that today it looks more like a ghost town. deep cave– Krubera-Voronya, Abkhazia


This is the only cave in the world deeper than 2,000 meters. high point– Everest


Since the 1950s, approximately 3,000 climbers have climbed the summit of Everest. It is located at an altitude of 8,848 meters above sea level. The farthest point from the center of the Earth is Chimborazo, Ecuador


Although the summit of Everest is the highest point in relation to sea level, but due to the fact that our planet is flattened at the poles, another peak turned out to be the most distant from the center of the Earth - dormant volcano Chimborazo.Most remote island– Bouvet


This small uninhabited Norwegian island is located in the Atlantic Ocean at a distance of about 1.5 thousand kilometers from Antarctica and 2.5 kilometers from South Africa. The most remote point on the continent is the Pole of Inaccessibility (Antarctic station)


The Pole of Inaccessibility is the point on the continent that is the farthest from the ocean. There really is a bust of Lenin. The flattest place is Uyuni Salt Flats, Bolivia


A dried salt lake and the largest salt marsh in the world. Its area is 10,582 square kilometers. The highest navigable lake is Titicaca


Lake Titicaca is located at an altitude of 3,812 meters above sea level, on the border of Peru and Bolivia. The lowest point on land is the shore of the Dead Sea


Surface Dead Sea is located 417 meters below sea level, and the Dead Sea depression is located between Jordan and Israel. The longest mountain range– Andes, South America


The Andes stretch 9 thousand kilometers through the seven states of South America. The deepest well is the Kola Superdeep Well


The depth of the Kola super-deep well is 12,262 meters. The rainiest place is Choco, Colombia


The department of Colombia called Choco receives an average of 11,770 centimeters of rainwater every year. The driest place is the Atacama Desert, Chile


The Atacama Desert is so dry that not a drop of rain fell on it from October 2003 to January 1918. The most populous landlocked country is Ethiopia


Ethiopia is not only the hottest inhabited place on Earth - it is also the most compactly populated - more than 70 million people live here. The steepest peak is Mount Thor, Canada


Mount Tor rises to a height of 1,250 meters at an average angle of 15 degrees, which makes it extremely attractive for climbers. The coldest inhabited place is Oymyakon, Yakutia


Seven months of the year, the temperature in the Yakut village of Oymyakon, where about 400 people live, stays below zero. The average monthly temperature in January is -54 ° C. The windiest place is Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica


The wind speed here regularly exceeds 240 km/h. The average wind speed is about 80 km / h. The highest waterfall is Angel, Venezuela


The total height of the waterfall is 979 meters. It is so high that the water has time to evaporate before it reaches the ground. The highest Mountain pass– Marsimik-La, India


The highest road on Earth stretches at an altitude of 5,582 meters. The most big lake with fresh water - Superior, North America


Lake Superior is located between the United States and Canada and covers an area of ​​​​82.7 thousand km². The country's longest coastline is Canada


length coastline Canada is 202,080 km. The largest gorge is Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA


The width of this most impressive abyss is about 16 km, the depth is 1.6 km. It was cut through by the turbulent streams of the Colorado River. The largest glacier is the Lambert Glacier (Antarctica)


The glacier is about 470 km long and 30 to 120 km wide. From Mount Prince Charles, the largest tributary, the Fisher Glacier, flows into it. The shortest river is the Roy River, Montana, USA


The Roy River is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest. Its length is only about 60 meters. The lowest point is the Mariana Trench


Located approximately 500 km. southwest of Guam. Its depth is 10,911 meters below sea level. Only three people managed to get to its bottom.

AT modern world it's hard to surprise someone with your photos against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower or Egyptian pyramids- these popular attractions have long lost the effect of novelty. However, there are still many truly extreme destinations for tourism. Today we will talk about 10 amazing places on Earth, having been in which you can then all your life surprise friends with stories.

Antarctica

Since childhood, we have been surrounded by a romantic halo of stories about polar explorers who have been living for years at autonomous stations in Antarctica, conducting scientific experiments, collecting information about this harsh continent, and also taking care of its “indigenous inhabitants” - penguins.

However, it is not at all necessary to go on long and far from always safe trips. Antarctic expeditions, because on southern continent You can also visit as a tourist. A bunch of travel companies provide a similar service to their customers.

Those wishing to visit Antarctica can swim to the shores of this continent on cruise ship or even fly to one of the stations as part of a thematic tour.

Price. A cruise on a liner with a disembarkation in Antarctica will cost a fan of extreme sports at least 1800 US dollars (start from Patagonia). A ten-day expedition across the continent costs much more - from $5,000.

North Pole

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the leaders of several expeditions argued among themselves which of them managed to visit the North Pole first. On the this moment, the discoverer of this point globe American Robert Peary is considered to have happened on April 21, 1908. However, it is unlikely that this brave man, who reached the pole, enduring incredible hardships and exerting superhuman efforts, could have imagined that after a century tourist trips would be possible there.

However, anyone can now visit the North Pole to admire the endless fields of ice, as well as travel around the world in just a few seconds.

You can get to the North Pole quickly and safely by plane, icebreaker, or even by cars specially prepared for such an expedition.

Price. A trip to the North Pole on an icebreaker will cost a tourist 21 thousand US dollars, by plane - 18 thousand.

Climbing to the top of Chomolungma is an activity for the strongest and most experienced athletes in the world who have been preparing for this achievement for many years. However, almost anyone can touch this event without long training and hardships, because there are tours to base camp on Everest.

The base camp is the main stronghold on the path of climbers to the Top of the World, it is located at an altitude of 5545 meters. There, brave athletes undergo acclimatization for several days, prepare equipment for the ascent and wait for good weather to start.

Ordinary tourists can also visit here. To do this, they will have to walk for several days on the most beautiful places Himalayas in Nepal.

Price such a tour, in comparison with the conquest of Antarctica or the North Pole, is small - it starts from 1250 US dollars.

North Korea

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is one of the most closed countries in the world. This is a real reserve of the totalitarian communist system, which in other parts of the world went down in history in the middle of the twentieth century.

For an independent tourist to get into North Korea it is impossible, visiting this country by foreigners is carried out exclusively in the form of groups organized and approved by the leadership. A traveler who has arrived in the DPRK cannot even walk alone through the streets of Pyongyang - only together with guides who will control him so that he does not film something that could discredit the bright name of the DPRK.

Tourists in the DPRK are expected to visit places sacred to the Korean Revolution, including the mausoleum of Kim Il Sung. Guests of the country are taken to the mountains and to the sea, they are taken to an exemplary Kindergarten, to a mass sports and dance show, and also allow you to go down to the subway, however, without a trip to another station.

Price. For a tour to North Korea, a tourist must pay from 1450 euros.

This type of entertainment for the inhabitants of the Navarre region in Spain became known to the whole world thanks to the work of Ernest Hemingway, who lived in Pamplona for a long time and wrote the work “The Sun Also Rises” about this city.

Every summer, Pamplona hosts the San Fermin Festival, during which traditional bull races take place through the streets of the city. The inhabitants of this settlement, and more recently, tourists who want to risk their lives, dress in special clothes and try to run at least a few meters next to the angry animals, while remaining unharmed.

Practically during each such race (and they take place daily during the nine days of the festival), there are brave souls crippled or even killed by bulls. However, this is a very small percentage of the thousands of adrenaline junkies running around.

Price. Participation in the San Fermin festival is free. Those who want to run with the bulls daredevils need to pay only for the trip to Spain itself, as well as an overnight stay and meals in Pamplona.

Exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

On April 26, 1986, perhaps the worst technological disaster in the history of Mankind occurred on the border of the Ukrainian and Belarusian SSRs - one of the reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, releasing a huge amount of radioactive substances into the air.

Since then, the cities of Chernobyl, Pripyat and many smaller settlements have been empty, resettled, and nature in them takes away what man had previously taken from her. Once paved roads are now overgrown with thick bushes, and trees make their way even inside the concrete boxes of houses.

Now in the Exclusion Zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, you can only meet station workers who control this facility and build a new sarcophagus over it, a small number of self-settlers (old people who returned to live in these places without permission), as well as tourists.

Price. Tours to Chernobyl are carried out from Kyiv in an official way from the station management. The cheapest option will cost an extreme tourist $50.

Afghanistan

Over the past three decades, the name “Afghanistan” has not been associated with the word “tourism” among the vast majority of the inhabitants of the planet. However, there are daredevils who dare to travel to this troubled country.

Some even travel to Afghanistan on their own, but most still prefer to use the services of professional guides who show tourists the most interesting and safe places in the country, organize accommodation, meals and trips to a state almost unknown to foreigners.

Price organized tour to Afghanistan starts from 1200 US dollars.

Way of Saint James

The airport of the city of Santiago de Compostela in the north-west of Spain in the historical province of Galicia is known for the fact that several times more people depart from it every day than arrive. The fact is that this settlement is the final exact Way of St. James - the famous Christian pilgrimage to the relics of the apostle.

More than 200 thousand people come to Santiago every year. But these are not only religious pilgrims. Most of the people walking along the Way of St. James are ordinary tourists, because this trail has become the most popular walking tourist route in the world.

The Way of St. James is not a single route, but a whole network of pedestrian roads throughout Europe. The most popular part of it is the so-called French Way - a trail from the Pyrenees 750 kilometers long. But there are also many alternative routes. The most recent marked point is located at a distance of 4053 km from Santiago in the Polish village of Medyka on the border with Ukraine.

Price. A monthly pilgrimage along the French Way, together with a flight from anywhere in Europe, will cost about 1000 euros.

Space flight

In childhood, almost all boys dreamed of becoming astronauts, but only a few managed to achieve this goal. At least for now. But Mankind stands in the way of a real cosmic breakthrough - mass travel to the Earth's orbit.

The first space tourist was in 2001 the American millionaire Dennis Tito, who paid the Russian Space Agency $20 million for his flight. But in the very near future, this amount may be reduced by almost a hundred times, because several private companies promise to start regular tourist flights to space at once.

The most famous of these endeavors is Virgin Galactic, which flies into suborbital space (above 100 kilometers) on SpaceShipTwo space shuttles.

In the fall of 2014, a shuttle in the Mojave Desert, but already this winter, its clone was put into operation.

Price flight on this ship is 200-250 thousand dollars. True, commercial flights from Virgin Galactic have not yet begun.

Hitchhiking to Vladivostok

In their youth, a huge number of people who want to see the world, but do not have enough money to do so, hitchhike. Some keep this hobby into adulthood, turning it into the main hobby of life.

It is these people, truly passionate about hitchhiking, that can go in this way almost all of Eurasia - to Vladivostok. The journey there from Moscow takes more than a month one way, but the people who made it really get to know Russia in all its beauty and squalor.

A hitchhiking trip to Vladivostok is not as dangerous as it might seem at first glance. The overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of Russia are wonderful people who are ready to help the traveler standing on the side of the road in every possible way. Extreme in such a trip comes from harsh climatic and living conditions, large distances between settlements and the absence of a normal road surface for many hundreds of kilometers of the road to the Far East.

Of course, not all people are ready to make even one of these trips. But this does not mean at all that the road to the End of the World is closed to them. After all, you can travel without even getting up from the couch. For example, using Google street view, which allows you to get even into .