He visits Egypt and Sinai , again as a newspaper correspondent . In May he isolates himself on Aegina in order to complete the Odyssey . Immediately afterwards he hastily composes scores of encyclopedia articles to earn a living , then collects his travel articles for the first volume of Taksidevondas ( Journeying ). Dimitrios Glinos ‘ s periodical Anayennisi ( Renaissance ) publishes Askitiki .
In late October Kazantzakis travels to Russia once again , this time as the guest of the Soviet government on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Revolution . In November he meets Panait Istrat , a Greek-Romanian writer then very much in vogue in France . With Istrati and others he tours the Caucasus . The two friends vow to share a life of political and intellectual action in the Soviet Union . In December Kazantzakis brings Istrati to Athens and introduces him to the Greek public via a newspaper article .