Max: Hello, friends! Julia: Hello! Max: Hello everyone!
We are in Neuquen, Argentina. And today we will go together on a real hike. We will learn Russian while traveling, during a hike.
We are me Max, my wife. . .
Julia: Julia. Max: And our daughter. .
. Julia: Sabrina. Max: Sabrina, how are you feeling?
Are you okay? Is everything comfortable? Is everything comfortable?
Here. Sabrina does not walk on her own, Sabrina is carried by Julia. Oh, by the way, Yul, come on, we need this thing.
. . Sorry, Yul.
Here. I understand that this thing is needed for protection. If you fall backwards, this thing prevents you from falling on the child.
Well, it’s convenient to put it back. . .
although I don’t really know if it’s really needed for protection or not. Yes? Well, okay, in any case, this thing is needed.
In short, we first go to bardas, that is, to the steppe. We will need to cross the mountain, walk along the valley, and then we will come to the river. Let's go.
No. Went. Well, in general, let's go, this is not quite such a correct Russian language, although we say so.
Let's go! First obstacle. Cross the road in Argentina.
Julia, come on. Let's see. First, second, third, fourth, fifth car.
So, will someone give way to us or not? There is a pedestrian crossing here. There is no traffic light.
But no. In general, we run, we run. So, the first obstacle has been successfully overcome.
Let's move on. We need to go there. Phew, we have just started the hike, and already there is an obstacle, already some difficulties.
I don’t know, it seems to me that today’s hike will probably be, well, almost extreme, and we took a child with us. You have to be very, very careful. Here.
Because, you know, dangers are everywhere. Dangers are everywhere. And when you go camping, you never know what to expect.
In general, what to expect from. . .
What could happen to you? What will you see? What will you face?
Right now, for example, a strong wind is blowing. I'm even shaking a little. In short, friends.
. . Look, look at how a plastic bag.
. . Look at how it is, how it is.
. . Julia, what is it doing?
Julia: It's swaying. Max: It's swaying. How does he.
. . Julia: Trembling.
Max: Trembling? Well, that's another word. In general, yes, it sways in the wind.
Yes, thank you, Julia. It sways in the wind. I'm just a little stressed, so it's difficult for me, it's difficult to speak even a little.
Okay, bardas are ahead. Wild animals. I don't know, maybe they're jackals or coyotes.
They live in the steppe. One is white, the other is black. I don’t know exactly who they are, but they are some kind of animals.
What other scary animals will we meet there? What dangerous animals? I don't know, friends.
There is another group of tourists ahead. And look at this sky. Perhaps it will start to rain, and maybe even there will be a hurricane.
I don't know exactly where these tourists are going. What are they thinking? There are such, such black clouds.
They are not afraid at all, they are not afraid at all. OK. Well, actually it’s a fence.
Actually, a fence. Hola. Buen día!
Actually a fence. Ah, I see, I see a place where you can, where you can move, friends. And this is our second obstacle.
So, well, I'm starting. Phew, I did it. Julia, Sabrina, come on.
Julia: Normal heroes always take a detour. Max: What kind of detour? Julia: Well, there is a detour here.
Max: Why? Julia: Because we are normal heroes. Max: This is what wildlife looks like, friends.
Wild steppe. Wild steppe, untouched by civilization. You see, there is no civilization here.
Wild steppe. What is this? Doesn't matter.
Cars. What is this? More cars.
So, there are some people running around there. What is this? What is this?
There was a wild steppe here. That's it, civilization is ending. Here you see?
There's even a sign here. This sign, on the other side of the sign it says: “No more civilization. ” Next comes the steppe.
Endless steppe. Now I will show it to you. Here she is.
Endless steppe. Well, these trees are a river. And we are going there.
Long haul. Long haul. And here, by the way, we will need to go here.
Hares live here. And we often very. .
. well, we often saw hares here. Hares can be dangerous too, I want to tell you.
They have two large teeth. If a hare bites you, hares can still be rabid. Here.
So you need to be very careful. Like this. You see, these tourists too, too, too, too, also go somewhere.
I don’t know where they are going, but they are going. . .
Look, they are going the same way that we are going to go now. They are ahead of us. They are going faster than us.
But we'll see who comes first. Hello Sabrina! How does it feel?
How does it feel? Do you like the steppe wind? Like it, right?
Yes? Or not? Yes?
OK then. It's a hare! Sabrina, bunny!
So far we have not met a single wild animal, but we need to be very careful. Hares are much more dangerous than they look. They look like cute, gray, furry creatures.
But I know, I know what hares can do to you. Friends, our hike has already lasted 14 minutes. And to be honest, I'm a little.
. . I'm confused.
I'm confused because, I don't know, maybe we're lost. The thing is, the road goes there. .
. Sabrina. The road goes there, and the road goes there.
That is, you can go this way and that way. And how do you know which way to go if the road goes both here and there? Is there some life hack on how to figure out where you need to go?
If you can go this way, or you can go that way. I don't know, I'll have to think about it. It's already fifteen minutes into the hike.
Hmmm. Well, well, well. I think I've found a lair.
Di's lair. . .
the lair of a wild beast. Damn, look how big it is. What a big hole.
Not only will the hare fit there, but also Alice and Lewis Carroll himself. What a huge one. Can you imagine what kind of hares live there?
Their eyes are this size. These are the eyes of these hares. Huge Patagonian hares.
Look what an interesting place. This, this hill, and like everything here, is made of this kind of sand. I don’t know what kind of sand it is, but it’s such dense sand.
That is, in general, you can just take it like this, scrape it, and. . .
Well, it's just sand. By the way, you can come up and do it. Well, I told you, friends.
I told you this is not an easy adventure. Look who's there. These are wild animals.
It's better not to approach them. I just know what I’m doing, but I don’t recommend that you ever approach wild animals, because you don’t know what to expect from them. There he is, I see.
Black, in the bushes. Black, like. .
. like the night itself. Oh, Lord Jesus!
Jesus! OK. Yes.
Let's try to see. Look, these hares are making holes here. These are the holes.
OK. Of course, I'm not afraid of hares. In general, I’m not afraid of anything, but I don’t want to get close to them.
So let's try to scrape together. Well, well, sort of, yeah, not really. Well, ah, well, yes, here.
So, in general, this is what the whole thing looks like. This is the sand. We are already leaving bardas.
There I can already see the forest and the river. Sabrina: Yes. Max: Yes, yes.
Sabrina sees it too. So now we are going to the river. Sabrina: To the river!
Max and Julia: To the river! Max: Friends, look, I told you so. See, it means "dangerous.
" "Dangerous. Big mad bunnies. " I said that difficult birds live here.
The hares here are dangerous. Sabrina: Yes! Max: Yes, Sabrina.
Yes, that's right. Dangerous hares. Therefore, we must leave here quickly.
We must go to the river. Look. Who is this?
What kind of animal is this? I don't know whether you can see it or not. There he sits there, gray.
I don't even know. But it looks extremely dangerous. Hey!
Beast! Who are you? Are you a raccoon?
Well, this is where we came from, and this is where the river begins. And don’t think that it’s already safe here. No.
It's actually not that easy to walk this road. Of course, it’s not as difficult as walking across the steppe, but you know, you can twist your ankle. Twisting your ankle is when you do it like this.
You walk and walk and step like this and twist your leg. This is called "twisting your ankle. " I don't want to, yeah, twist my ankle, so I walk carefully.
So, friends, yes, now we will walk a little along the river and go down to the river. So, actually this is a road for bicycles. We need to go here.
That's it. Five minutes down this road and now it begins. .
. the wilderness begins again, friends. Wildlife.
Look at this. Oops! Who is this?
It's a wild dog. . .
a wild dog. So what do we have here? We have a small river here, a small river, and a big river there.
This is a sleeve. We call these things “sleeves”. And you shouldn’t think that such sleeves are safe, because monsters live in these sleeves.
Yes, yes, yes. I'll show you one now. Now we will find him.
I've seen monsters here before. It is impossible to call them anything else. Yes, not here.
Let's take a look here. Where are our monsters? Where are our monsters?
Where are our monsters? So. Okay, let's look at them somewhere else.
Well, friends, we need to cross this tree. Yes, yes, yes, we need to get to this island. Let's try now.
Damn, I'm already scared, Julia. Maybe it's not necessary? Julia: Maybe it’s not necessary.
Max: Maybe. . .
it's not bad here either. Julia: Great place, I think. Max: Yes, I did it!
Julia: Well done! Max: Julia, come on. I just checked, there are no monsters in the water.
Julia: You didn’t dive. Max: I didn't dive. Well, by the way, yes, if you fall, they can swim.
Yes, almost. Let's! Let's!
Just a little more! One step! One more step!
And the last step! Yes! Well, now our path goes through the forest.
Oh, so many fallen trees! You see, there are fallen trees, there is a fallen tree here. What is this?
What is this? I don't know what it is and I don't want to know. Look how many fallen trees!
And here it is a river. Her Majesty Neuquén. By the way, I had a video where I rafted down this river, and I swam, I swam here, I swam along this part.
But then everything was without leaves, but now everything is green. In general, the river looks different, everything looks different in general. Max: Water!
Julia: She says “agua”. Max: Agua? Yes, Sabrina says the word “water” in Spanish, because that’s what she learned in kindergarten.
Sabrina: Agua. Max: Agua. Julia, come here!
Now let's walk a little through the forest, and then we will find ourselves at the river. This is a very cool place, I really like it here. It's beautiful here and people don't usually come here.
Well, here I only met a fisherman once, Roberto. But usually there is no one here. Well, apparently, people don’t really like to walk through.
. . through.
. . through this fallen tree, yes, through.
. . through the river, through the branch.
Therefore, here you can feel like you are in the wild. Beauty! Julia!
Agua, agua, agua. Julia, where will be the place for our camp? Julia: Here?
Max: Well, no. Let's go further. There is a good place there, and we will set up camp there.
Let's set up camp. Well, if there is someone else’s camp there, we will break it up, and then we will set up our own camp. Well, yes, unfortunately, in Russian there is such a strange opportunity.
“To break” means to break, but “to set up camp” means to set up a camp, as it were. Yes? That is, how to stand in this place and, well, put up a tent there or, for example, make a fire.
Here. Therefore, “set up camp. ” We will now set up camp somewhere on the river bank.
Another giant tree fell into the water. Well, this is where we will find a place to camp. This is where our camp will be.
Last time I tried to move this log there, but I didn’t succeed. It's too big. Maybe this time it will work out.
Here it is. Place. You can sit up here, or you can sit right down here, look at the river, at the fallen tree.
By the way, just two weeks ago the river was, how can I say. . .
The water level was higher, there was more water, the water level was higher, and therefore here too there was. . .
there was water. This was all it was, this part was under water. Here you can even see that not all the water has dried up yet.
There are such wet places. And there, into that sleeve, the water flowed. Very beautiful place.
Such a perfect place to catch some trout. I can actually see this. You stand with a fishing rod and catch trout.
Such stones. Everything looks cool. Let's see if there are any monsters here.
Actually, last time I saw a lot of them, but for some reason I don’t see them this time. I don't know, maybe they don't like the weather. There might be wind.
The monsters are carps. In short, these carps are as big as my entire hand. In general, just amazing!
Monsters! Oh, Julia and Sabrina are already setting up camp. What-what-what, Julia?
Julia: The little gnome is being unpacked. Max: Unpacking the little gnome. This is what it looks like.
Just don’t forget your legs, otherwise she’ll fall out. Oh, did you forget it was still there? No, that's it, that's it, legs.
Legs only, yes. Stirrups. Yes.
Sabrina, that's it, you can go for a walk! You can go for a walk! Julia: Who is the little happy doll?
Max: Well, Sabrina, where is our camp site? Where, where will we set up camp? Where exactly?
Sabrina isn't interested. She went trout fishing. Come on, Sabrin, come on!
See you! Ciao! Yes, stones!
Lots of stones. Today we have a thermos for mate. Now I’ll show you how I brew mate.
Accordingly, cookies. Mate without sweets is not mate. Some fruit.
So, fruits, apples. Sabrina, now take some vitamins and your cough will stop. Okay, in nature.
. . We have such cool tangerines.
Here. So, well, and a set for mate. Oh, by the way, I almost forgot one thing.
Tangerines. And this. .
. what is this, Sabrina? Banana, banana.
And these are cookies. Yes. So, we need a mate cup.
Sabrina, what was that? This is a good tangerine. We want to eat it.
Mate cup. A tube for mate. Well, a straw to drink mate.
Called "bombiya" or "bombisha". And, of course, mate. The grass itself.
This is what she looks like. So what do I do? First I pour mate into a cup, about two thirds.
Well, that's about it. Sabrina, let's close it, yeah. Let's close.
Let's close. Here. And now you need to cover it with your hand, shake it a little and make a little mound like this.
Now you need to pour water there. Pour a little water and a little water should saturate the sherba (yerba), that is, the grass. Well, now I’ll make everything a little faster so as not to make you wait long.
After this, you need to stick the bombish in the mat like this. Here. We stick a bombisha.
It turns out something like this. There should be space for, well, water, air. And then you can pour water and in general you can drink.
Well, it usually takes a little longer, but overall it’s something like that. Great. Well, this is the end of our trip.
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Sabrina, say bye-bye! Ciao!
