We are going mentally into  a far and cold land. The temperature can get as low as -52°c or -62°f. Yup, which way to the pool?

During our travels we hopped into an Uber driven by the very distinguished Sultan Sergei.  He is part Chechen and part Yakut. This area also know as Yakutia or The Republic of Sahka. This is one of the coldest regions on the planet.

Sultan Sergei is 37 years old and has lived in Vladivostok for 5 years. He is married with 2 children. He runs an importing company as well as driving for Uber. We were lucky to be picked up by Sultan Sergei. He was a breath of fresh air with his desire to speak English. Quite good in fact.

What makes this special to me is the uniqueness and depth of  the people we meet day in and day out, just by chance. A quote by Avijeet Das goes like this…

“We meet so many people in life, but we connect to the heart of very few!”

We are sure we had a connection to the point of not wanting to get out of the car.