Russia Travel Series
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FIRST CAPITAL OF RUSSIA-SUZDAL
Most countries in the world have a “golden circle”, Russian Federation is no different. Suzdal is Russia’s first capital. It was founded between 999 and 1040 according to the historians’. We had departed Yekaterinburg on the Monday afternoon train, 001 MA at 14.07 hrs, it would take us another 22 hours of train travel and…
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YEKATERINBURG “WINDOW INTO ASIA”
There is nothing more fascinating than crossing the freezing, snow-blanketed landscape of Siberia, while sitting in a warm and cozy train compartment heated by coal stove of the longest train journey in the world “Trans-Siberian Railway” We boarded the train 001MA in Irkutsk, Siberia at 4.18pm and spent the next 48 hours looking out of…
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TEN INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY
By the time, we left Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia at 4.14 pm on that Thursday afternoon on Train 001MA and boarded carriage 10 for another 48 hours in the train, Siberia had us both so intrigued, but why? There is just something about this beautiful landscape. Ulan Ude and Irkutsk were both towns so different. Ulan Ude…
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PARIS OF SIBERIA
There are endless reasons to visit “Paris of Siberia”: it is a city lined with cobblestone streets, wide boulevards, a cultural city, some of the best food in Russia, very walkable with great sights, including one of the most beautiful Russian Orthodox Churches in Russia, even if it only gets to a daily high of…
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“THE PEARL OF SIBERIA”
Exploring Siberia’s epic lake – Ozero Baikal is one of the many reasons to visit Siberia, Russia. Irkutsk happens to be the halfway point on the Trans Siberian railway and the closest stop to Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal is the largest, deepest, and oldest freshwater lake in the world, so for two adventurous history buffs,…
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POST SOVIET ULAN UDE – “GATEWAY TO EASTERN RUSSIA”
“Gateway to Eastern Russia” the other name for Ulan Ude. The city was until 1994 a closed Russian city.
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TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY BORDER CROSSINGS
Our aim was to travel overland by any means of transport from New Zealand back to the Netherlands. I had always wanted to travel overland, so one day the seed got planted over dinner with friends in Perth, Australia in 2017 to do the Trans Siberian railway. It had been such a bucket-list item for…
Traveller's Nest Overland 