Monastic chronicles-2

Written by Михаил Пеньков из Курска If it is interesting, why at once " Monastic chronicles-2 " - the first series were written not by me, to read through it it is possible here. Again August, again the Simferopol station, again a backpack with attached pad and tent … But this time a backpack essentially is easier, in a lap - dragging away stockings, and with itself, except for the usual marching complete set, are taken telescopic mountain a stick. As has shown time - the extremely useful thing in any campaign. Have gone down from one mountain - and after a while have got on another where there is other cave city, Tepe-Kermen. He much more suits under definition "cave", because practically all the saved constructions and rooms - the caves natural and artificial. On the next mountain there is one more, very similar city - Kyz-Kermen, and about the neighbourhood of these cities the legend where as it is usual, competed tribes, their leaders had the son and the daughter, unsuccessful attempt of wedding and, certainly, « a shame of mountains » which mountains have not sustained participate too is combined and have for ever divided two cities.
Day time transition has appeared difficult enough - first of all, that waters on a route were not, finished drinking that had time to reserve on the eve in the evening in Uspenskiy monastery. And as send{have left} we already late - hours per nine mornings (in Ukraine, I shall remind, time for hour differs from Moscow so, it it is possible to say, as in ten) - the heat has pulled hard very quickly. So, when decide to pass{take place} on this route, first, be reserved by water, secondly - leave as soon as possible, is better - together with the sun.
The purpose of the second transition was a valley of the river Kachi. There we have visited{attended} very interesting place under name Tash-Air (« the stone was separated », with Turkic) where as tell guidebooks, were saved ancient figures. Figures, the truth to see it was not possible, but have typed waters. And before visiting Tash-Air we have risen in cave monastery Kachi-Kalyon (in translation - «  Crusaders ship »). Now in a monastery nobody lives, but also thrown it to name it is impossible - by left in church over Sofia for icons and candles, visit it on a regular basis. And in this monastery there is a source devoted over Anastass. To drink from it, most likely, it is not necessary, but here to wash in him after whole day on heat was very pertinently.
On a lodging for the night we have risen on coast Kachi, and from this day our group of eight person was adjoined with three more.
For the third day we have passed through a watershed and have gone on Belbek to a valley - once to the center of the Crimean gardening. Gardens and now grow along the river, but are absolutely thrown, nevertheless, apples on a way to dig{pick} it was possible. Perhaps, the most pleasant moment of day was bathing in  Belbek , that in itself it is surprising: the Crimean rivers, even the greatest to local measures, for us, inhabitants of the Average strip, look{appear} simply streamlets - narrow, fast, shallow … But on  Belbek , nearby to village Tank, whether was naturally formed, whether is artificial is made pool where depth reaches meters approximately two. To be freshened and wait a heat at the river it was very pertinent.
After day time parking we have gone through village Big Garden (then, looking from above, it was amusing to notice, that Big Garden is appreciable less Small) to look at ruins Suyren of a fortress and to visit{attend} monastery Cholter-Koba. Both the fortress, and a monastery are located on mountain Ah-Ф«с«У, from a fortress there was only one tower and a fragment of a wall, and a monastery - is gradually restored, now two there live monks. Near a monastery - a spring with wonderful water but as we in group had girls to stay the night in territory of a monastery to us have not resolved.
By the initial plan, further we should go further on a southwest - to the cave cities of Mangup and Eski-Kermen and to leave in Balaklava, but it wanted to people to get in the Big Crimean canyon. Therefore next day we were loaded into the bus, have arrived to village Falcon and therefrom have gone{send} to a canyon.
The canyon turned in rocks by the river Kokkozka - very interesting place: the beechen wood, thresholds, falls, lakes … Though "lakes" is very much a code name: in a stony channel of the river water has drilled deep gullies, them and have named lakes. In their canyon two - Blue and Black. The black lake -  is more known as « the Bath of a youth », therefore around of it{him} the set of the tourists always is going to, aspiring to plunge into its{his} waters. However pleasure this{thus} risky enough - temperature of water in lake even in the summer only +13.
One more sight of a canyon - source Pania, likely, the biggest spring in Crimea: debit it is, not a lot of, not a little, and 230 litres a minute! In other springs in the same minute unless the mug, at the best - a flask  … All is good a canyon except that there on a lodging for the night to rise it is impossible - restricted territory - and too there is crowded.
Next day we have gone on Ah-»СФУї, should be, most known of Crimean mountains. Transition especial, perhaps, was not allocated with anything - we have bypassed the Canyon on the right board if to judge on a watercourse, have gone down in a valley between files Is brisk and Ai-Petri and send to Yalta. In the end of day have approached{suited} to top Ah-»СФУї, there and have risen on a lodging for the night. For the first time for all time in Crimea therefrom it was possible to see the sea, and together with it{him} - all Southern Coast from the Bear-mountain up to Simeiz. Have arranged a small junket in the evening, here again I can not be kept from cry from the heart: will be on ai-Petri- for what, never and under no circumstances do not buy wine from the shopkeepers who have located there! Under a kind of the noblest Crimean wines to you give a frank poison.
In finishing day descended on a viewing platformhave gone down downwards, in Koreiz, whence have parted already on all peninsula.
If in the past the campaign has enabled year to communicate to the surprising Crimean nature in it I have understood, that the main thing in a campaign - all the same people. With whom you go in one group, divide tent who follows water while you collect fire wood and plant a fire with whom you help the friend the friend on difficult tracks. And, by the way, to go to a campaign, it is not necessary to enter into a narrow circle devoted, and simply enough to want.