Latin American expedition of Viktor Pinchuk: meeting with the traveler took place in Yalta

Thursday, March 21, 2024 

Russian Wikinews attended Russian travel writer Viktor Pinchuk's December 18 presentation at the mountain club in Yalta, Crimea on results of a solo expedition to Latin America and his book Two hundred days in Latin America ^{((ru))Russian language: ‍Двести дней в Латинской америке}. The event was organized by Yalta representatives of the Russian Geographical Society.

Pinchuk described stops in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, during which he practiced hobo tourism.

The evening dialogue "From Rio Gallegos to Chihuahua" took place in a relaxed atmosphere, where each of those present could ask the lecturer any question on the topic.

Listeners got acquainted with a map of the traveler’s route, saw a selection of photographs depicting ethnic characteristics and attractions of overseas countries, and got an idea of traditional music. From every trip or an expedition, Viktor Pinchuk brings CDs with recordings of ethnic performers; the traveler’s collection has already accumulated a significant number of them (not counting several hundred digital editions of world-famous musicians). The hobby is called “philophony”, and the subject of it is called a philophonist. A collector's society membership card underscores the seriousness of a decades-long interest.

• Cover of book
• Route map
• Event poster
• ID of philophonist (collector of musical recordings)

• Listeners before the start
• Introductory part
• Answer to the question

• Some CDs brought from Latin America, from left to right:
  Marimba Juchiman "La Gosecha de Mujures" (Mexico)
  Ze Paulo "Pagode & Axé" (Brazil)
  Ñico Membiela "Las Voces del Siglo" (Cuba)
  Luis el romantico "Late en tu corazon" (Argentina)
• Group photo

Materials of a solo expedition

• Copper Canyon in Mexico.
• Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
• Guinea pig, Equador
• Magical canyon, Bolivia

• Ciudad del Encanto, Bolivia

• Guatemala city

• Iguazu Falls, Brazil

• Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina

• Larva of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, Equador

Related news[edit]

• " Russian photographer Viktor Pinchuk presents exhibition The Architectural Art of the Vanished Civilizations of Mesoamerica" — Wikinews, November 4, 2023

Sister links[edit]

• Hobo tourism/Latin American expedition of Viktor Pinchuk — information about the route during which the photo material for the exhibition was shot.

• Hobo tourism/Two hundred days in Latin America — a book created on the basis of material from an expedition carried out alone.

Sources[edit]

• "От Рио-Гальегоса до Чиуауа" — Nethouse, December 19, 2023 (Russian)
• Cultural events poster. ""От Рио-Гальегоса до Чиуауа", творческая встреча российского путешественника пройдёт в Ялте" — Pabliko, December 19, 2023 (Russian)