Russia
Beijing to Budapest
In two weeks – 11 days of which were on trains of varying speed and quality – we crossed the landmass of Asia and finally regained our own little continent of Europe. This feels like a real achievement, the distances are simply vast: 5,500 kilometres on the last train leg alone. As opposed to flying &hellip Continue reading
Categories: Hungary, Rachel, Russia, World Trip 2006-7
Tags: Bolshoi, Budapest, Gorky Park, GUM, Hungary, Irkutsk, keleti station, Kremlin, Lenin, Marx, Moscow, provodnitsa, Red October, Red Square, Russia, Russian mafia, Siberia, St Basils Cathedral, Tisza express
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Springtime in Siberia
Country number 17 rolled into sight on Trans Sib train 2, bound for Irkutsk. A long wire fence, an austere obelisk and oppressive watchtowers marked our arrival in Russia, where officials have even bigger hats and power complexes than their neighbours. We were building up train tolerance gradually – 1 night from Beijing to Ulan &hellip Continue reading
Categories: Rachel, Russia, World Trip 2006-7
Tags: Baikal, banya, birch twigs, Bolshoe Goloustnoe, chernobyl, Eastern Siberia, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Mongolia, Russia, Sainshand, Siberia, Trans Mongolian, Trans Mongolian train, Trans Sib, trans siberian
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