Russian Federation
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Monday, 11 Jan 2010 | Photo Gallery
Thursday, 7 Jan 2010 | Views [1574]
Hi All, Our train was a flash no 20. It was the Moscow to Beijing train and had a neat interior and even a TV screen which blocked access to some of the upper storage area above the door. I felt that the new improved version was not as good as the ... Read more >
Thursday, 7 Jan 2010 | Views [1111]
Hi All, Another day and another time zone. Now it is moscow time +6hrs. When we cross the border the time will magically change to beijing time which is moscow time +5hrs which is UT+8 for reference. Got it? We arrived at Chita at about 5am and decided ... Read more >
Monday, 4 Jan 2010 | Photo Gallery
Monday, 4 Jan 2010 | Views [935]
Hi All,
So we hopped on the train. This was different to the normal 2nd class 4 birth compartment. We were travelling in 3rd class open compartment. This compartment had beds but no doors on the compartments and had more beds next to the windows ... Read more >
Monday, 4 Jan 2010 | Photo Gallery
Monday, 4 Jan 2010 | Photo Gallery
Sunday, 3 Jan 2010 | Photo Gallery
Sunday, 3 Jan 2010 | Photo Gallery
Sunday, 3 Jan 2010 | Views [847]
Hi All, It was a nice drive out to lake Baikal and angara river, the only river to exit the lake. The river wasn't frozen but there was pancake ice on the edges and the frames of deciduous trees dripping with ice and the ground was covered with snow.... Read more >
Sunday, 3 Jan 2010 | Views [929]
Hi All, Exiled to Siberia. Well not quite. Irkutsk is the eastern capital of siberia and the 'paris of siberia'. It was a trading for furs, ivory, silk and tea from siberia, mongolia and china. Later it was a launching point for exhibitions to Alaska, ... Read more >
Sunday, 3 Jan 2010 | Views [1579]
Hi All, We read in a guide book that travelling on the trans siberian train is one of the 'famous and romantic and potentially enjoyable of the worlds great train journeys' ... A bit of a description of the train. The train is divided into carriages ... Read more >
Sunday, 3 Jan 2010 | Views [822]
Dear All, Woke up and looked out the window and the great view of the monastery then went down to breakfast and noticed that someone was sitting outside the area using a laptop so made a mental note and then headed in for a big buffet breakfast. I ... Read more >
Saturday, 26 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
Saturday, 26 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
Saturday, 26 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
Saturday, 26 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
Saturday, 19 Dec 2009 | Views [832]
Hi All, The local english paper, the moscow times (www.themoscowtimes.com), tells us that the temperature got to -30degC; 2 died of hypothermia; cash machines froze; ultra polar intrustions of air; electricity consumption pushed to a record; coldest ... Read more >
Saturday, 19 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
Saturday, 19 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
Friday, 18 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
Friday, 18 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
Thursday, 17 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Views [863]
Hi Comrades,
The temperature when we arrived at the hostel was -28 deg C!
We
checked into a refreshingly good hostel called Godzillas only about 1km
from the Kremlin and grabbed a few more hours of sleep.
So when
we got up and had our breakfast ... Read more >
Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Views [887]
Hi All, We slept well and woke to a beautiful clear day and prepared to explore. The waitress at breakfast spoke english and explained the menu and I asked for fun 'whether we could have everying on the menu' and she said yes. hmmmm. We decided not ... Read more >
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