<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:25:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[ICE DIVING in Lake Baikal]]></title><description><![CDATA[*Diving photos by Alfred Minnaar Personal Story I always seem to get myself into random situations :) This ice diving photo and video shoot is a funny one so I will explain how it all happened. I have]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/ice-diving-in-lake-baikal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/ice-diving-in-lake-baikal</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallsasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:10:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7ykYFn4DgFxpW51wrV3vCEdwq8THPq5AnwVRg2gNF1FNRCVsxN3t4VDGV7MVi6yoCyy2iQiH8vxeT4f3kUwHN6wysXprA2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Road Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m back on the train and back on the road again, after a year and a half of living in Siberia. It will take me four days to reach Moscow by train, then another 3 or so weeks to get to Spain the cheapest]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/on-the-road-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/on-the-road-again</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallsasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 09:25:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZk8o6SnQpjpR2gnqkgKA3gYwGqBq4E4AajkdP55VZL66TkXdZF8aJuzJiJUqxbiebE4kRjN979vv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sasha's Adventure Stories: Eastern Indonesia]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is for those who enjoy adventure stories :) 100% true story and will be a part of the book I am writing now about my last 12 years of traveling. This is from 2011, when I was 22 and traveling through]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/sasha-s-adventure-stories-eastern-indonesia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/sasha-s-adventure-stories-eastern-indonesia</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallsasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:04:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPU1eUfWFhxhEe1XE7MLEH4xq8qq3HKiYRUZtMUi4PxNWNe7kCc7RskTu8j7wLu83xEy2hG3iYW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lake Baikal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey guys :) Just a small update. I moved into a little house in a village called Sakhyurta, located less than 2 km from Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal. I pay 300 rubles ($4.55) a day for rent here. I found]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/lake-baikal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/lake-baikal</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallsasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:18:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXypbkC3VHf29t9Mvx8SZhgTa8A76xpm3fBLynsVcHFt4XcFXTz3g51VztLMYV1R7Hudyxf8kc3TKyYJwL3XUJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traveling is Cheap]]></title><description><![CDATA[So here’s the total amount of money I spent traveling around Mongolia for one month* This includes everything: transportation from “home” (Irkutsk) to Mongolia and back to “home”**, all transportation]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/traveling-is-cheap</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/traveling-is-cheap</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallsasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:57:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXyp2yoJ2zjW3qzKTRYb5Q87hX49Asd7V9iTaV5JDv8HpJv5pEMnjwS5UF9vqu6rVFuH68ZrdeZERqrazyawpa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last Gobi Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[This was it. The last night camping in the freezing cold, last night photos of the Gobi Desert, last pot of buckwheat cooked on my camping stove. Last cuddle under two puffy sleeping bags. Last morning]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/last-gobi-days</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/last-gobi-days</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallsasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2019 22:26:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXoUmMmfZVgiwQReBodKKSe9No4AKZufLhP1swUJUheVC7F8cBHY9gGx8hKk8NJMn6Rpka3c3kKZqCRSzDGkBY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day 26: White Stupa, Mongolia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Day 26: Our Mongolian adventure was coming to an end. My 30 day tourist visa was soon to expire so I had to get to the Russian-Mongolian border asap. I could have extended the visa in Ulaanbaatar, but]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/day-26-white-stupa-mongolia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/day-26-white-stupa-mongolia</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallsasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 19:21:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWYdagszswzppRV5Y43atpdZnzWA2bxfitbqjL9S5Wc9hoRzxP5YQN1j4qyab3qC39ahf41i45eNnszpScuy7kr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day 25: Mukhart Shivert Canyon]]></title><description><![CDATA[The wind picked up and wrestled up the tent all night again, but in the morning, we woke up to this- We cooked hot breakfast and got ready to hike through the rest of the canyon. It was a fantastic hike-]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/day-25-mukhart-shivert-canyon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/day-25-mukhart-shivert-canyon</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallsasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 06:33:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQfQgENfxADE6EVYabczqmSF5KeWefV5WL9WDiSmDq8YUsaA4htbNzGgoz4ArM9MrRBrDGMyA2RmNzVEF1fkFtVD13wCpiHCkEYRQrHkQLQVH4A47T2GAVc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Camping in a Frozen Canyon]]></title><description><![CDATA[We slid back down the mountain and into the canyon. It was a fascinating sight- a flowing river quickly turned into smooth glassy ice shaded by brown eroded rock walls. A few small waterfalls stood still,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/camping-in-a-frozen-canyon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/camping-in-a-frozen-canyon</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallsasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2018 12:48:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQfQgENfxADE6EVYabczqmSF5KeWefV5WL9WPDQYz36AkTiJLzQEmdNYTtZT9VQygLpPgaHEfSFEFW4ZJnRUjkeYZncMg3uqa5r5UQWUyo7quGiBdozvMqY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Days 24: Yolin Am Canyon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Day 24: We bought two big bottles of water ($1) and hit the road from Dalanzadgad to the Yolin Am Canyon. The canyon is located just south of the road that runs between Dalanzadgad and Bayandalai, and]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/days-24-yolin-am-canyon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/days-24-yolin-am-canyon</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallsasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 19:28:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQfQgENfxADE6EVYabczqmSF5KeWefV5WL9WBTs2zZ6gq65vsj8ptif518ueQmxsKzJXZqiPwgiBtRYTrYrLFpi9J5y2TuMPTd6Q1NWK5vvfvH94DZMWNUE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Days 22-23: Frozen Lake in the Gobi Desert]]></title><description><![CDATA[We found the Ger camp in the dark and asked for one of the yurts ($6). 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Well, he promised to come back for us and drive]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/days-16-17-perks-of-couchsurfing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/days-16-17-perks-of-couchsurfing</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallsasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 09:26:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWY6N3ZhHnN3WBBT1XRMp4eiEv4gP5TjFH7AjcoTy8RdTTUkccGgN2ukzV9HYtw8zoSUfW9zB9wqha5urb7qZLz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feeding Mongolian Camels :D]]></title><description><![CDATA[The next day we had more fun with camels. This time we decided to feed them our left over scraps of cabbage and carrots. The camels seemed really sweet at first, but then they got so excited that they]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/feeding-mongolian-camels-d</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/feeding-mongolian-camels-d</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallsasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 18:00:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgrJNxeZC3WCHPBwR7MjUDzY4kBNr81LArosypQ2Cvwrzsqqhbc7G1MRFjxMWJKcjS1bpreiMHct5TkhzvQk8MRv4MPbkMVVFJ4o9dWdvAaZaKudscrBg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mongolian Camel Interaction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whoever can come up with the best captions for this dialogue wins a prize!!! The prize is................ My attention :D And maybe I will post it on my blog. Sorry I don't have anything else to give...]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/mongolian-camel-interaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smallsasha/mongolian-camel-interaction</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallsasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2018 14:27:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWY6N3j8JrJLGxQ7sEbwyWKKaHiiNHDPuWaCR2oQFVLS1a3nkbPm4fiTajtwAK8q2PdKjUqoNQ4Ptx24FRoSM8z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day 15: Gorkhi-Terelj National Park]]></title><description><![CDATA[We took it easy in Gorkhi-Terelj National Park. Woke up late, made a fire, cooked some food. Then we wandered around the curved yellow hills and gigantic boulders. 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