First off – about the ultra-deep siege well. Obviously, it once held water, but now it's leaky and empty. The scale is still impressive though.
The depth beckons and beckons
But we're brave guys, we climbed inside without a second thought
Geared up properly – this is where the helmets came in handy. Vova has an interesting little thing on his head – a GoPro
It looks even more intimidating in the photo than in real life. But it definitely wasn't easy
However, compared to what awaited us the next day, this is nothing
The well has holes, I mean windows
You could only call these stairs by a huge stretch of the imagination
Reminds me of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
We even found a spot where little mosquitos were swimming in murky water, but we decided not to drink it
The well got full of holes over the centuries. Or maybe there used to be wooden walls here, who knows
Finally, we made it to the bottom. A good ten or twenty meters of height, mind you
Climbing back up isn't easy either, especially in cycling shoes, which are completely unfit for this
But the sky is so close!
Freedom seemed so near, but there was still a 10-meter climb ahead
Let's continue the story about the city.
Basilica-type temple (judgment hall) from the 7th-9th centuries
The city is large, it's got all sorts of stuff
By all sorts of stuff I mean endless caves, grottoes, and pits, as well as holes, openings, and passages
In places they are roofless
The current inhabitants of the cave city, they couldn't care less about the missing roofs
Olya
That's how our cities will end up in hundreds or thousands of years
There's plenty of space, tens if not hundreds of thousands of people must have lived in the city
Time to take another breather
Steps and windows are present
Gnawed eggs again
Lots of light, our ancestors loved spaciousness
The gallant conqueror of peaks, valleys, and the Arctic – the one-man band Vova "Hell" of Travelling.Lv
And his permanent relief crew
On the way back we came across a temple again
But our iron horses await us below, and we need to move on