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RE: 30 day Russia itinerary

by everbrite 28 May 2012

Sorry, but even using night trains you need to take travel time into consideration because many of these travel segments are more than…
RE: Circum Baikal Railway

by c_clark91 17 May 2012

Thanks for the help
RE: Circum Baikal Railway

by everbrite 17 May 2012

I believe that it goes on the same tracks. There really isn't another option. Check the rzd.ru website. Ruth
RE: Circum Baikal Railway

by c_clark91 17 May 2012

Ok, thanks. Do you know if the regular train between Slyudyanka and Port Baikal go along the same route, next to the lake, as the tourist…
RE: Help Needed to Plan our trip

by everbrite 17 May 2012

Several comments: Mid September in Moscow and St. Petersburg is lovely but it will be cold in Mongolia by October when you arrive there.…
RE: Circum Baikal Railway

by everbrite 17 May 2012

I may be wrong about this so try searching the ThornTree for reports about the circumbaikal but I believe that there are two trains. There…
Circum Baikal Railway

by c_clark91 17 May 2012

I have read contradicting advice on the internet about booking a circum baikal railway trip. We have a train from Ulan Ude to Sludyanka,…
RE: Lake Baikal, renting a car and camping

by everbrite 10 April 2012

It depends upon how flexible you are. You can check online on the rzd.ru website and book there if you discover that the train you want…
RE: Beijing to Moscow

by everbrite 03 March 2012

My advice would be to spend 4-6 weeks and do this trip properly as it is unlikely that you would repeat any portion again in the future.…
RE: Irkutsk to Ulan Ude via Lake Baikal (not retracing steps back to Irkutsk)

by roundtheworld1 28 February 2012

OK thanks Ruth, it was a thought. The routing on the circumbaikal railway certainly looks interesting and I will look further in to that.…
RE: Irkutsk to Ulan Ude via Lake Baikal (not retracing steps back to Irkutsk)

by everbrite 28 February 2012

There are buses along the highway on this route but it should be noted that the higway parallels the train. [Map of Lake Baikal|http://www.w…
RE: Moscow - Beijing, stop Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, UU & UB

by jaoto 27 February 2012

Is there somewhere better to stop the arguably most rewarding town in Siberia is Tomsk. Some of the best exsamples of the typical Siberia…
RE: Russia in May

by everbrite 19 February 2012

>How comfortable are the Trans Siberian trains? We were plannign to book 2nd class. Is there an inexpensive (and reliable) way of booking…
Re: Trans siberian in october, or summer? Communist russia

by jaoto 03 September 2011

>I'm taking 3 weeks off work (can probably push to 25 days) on of the things to keep in mind when planning such a trip is that the distan…
RE: Listvyanka/Baikal in October - activities

by jaoto 17 August 2011

I understand your positing like it is Lake Baikal and not necessarily Irkutsk that is what you want to see. If that is the case I recommend…
Listvyanka/Baikal in October - activities

by zephead 11 August 2011

My wife and I are due to spend three days in Irkutsk as a stop on a longer Trans-Mongolian journey this October. We would like to spend…
Re: planning a trip to siberia II

by jaoto 13 July 2011

>I don't recall that there are many bridges and tunnels along the regular route between Irkutsk and Ulan Ude. OTOH there are many bridges…
RE: planning a trip to siberia II

by everbrite 08 July 2011

To the best of my knowledge there is no way to get from Severobaikalsk to Ulan Ude without either going through Irkutsk or taking the…
Re: Circum-Baikal Railway - Lake Baikal

by polkovci 05 July 2011

ll i can tell you is that a year ago when i wrote this post there was a "tourist train" going 2 times per week (*8AM, Wed. & Sat*) direction…
RE: Hiking in Baikal lake

by everbrite 02 July 2011

In addition to buses which travel between Irkutsk and Listvyanka, there are boats that travel there and continue on to Bolshye Koty: [Boat…
RE: What to do around Irkutsk and Lake Baikal

by everbrite 20 June 2011

It would help to know your interests. It certainly is possible to go to Olkhon Island. You could take the minivan at about 10 am and arrive…
RE: Russian Altai and Irkutsk - July 2011 (and Kamchatka)

by everbrite 01 June 2011

For the Baikal area, other villages might be Sludyanka or Bolshiye Koty. The latter you need to hike to from Listvyanka. The former is…
RE: Lake Baika and Mongolial (Trans-Siberian Trip)

by everbrite 20 May 2011

I don't know the going rate but that does seem a bit expensive just for tickets. In fact, I can't imagine that the ticket costs even half…
RE: Lake Baika and Mongolial (Trans-Siberian Trip)

by everbrite 19 May 2011

You need to contact a travel agency for the tickets for the CircumBaikal railway. There is a hostel and a guesthouse in Slyudyanka.…
RE: Lake Baika and Mongolial (Trans-Siberian Trip)

by everbrite 17 May 2011

>The Gobi is a possibility but has been suggested that we might not have long enough for this You have time for this IF you start contactin…