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Moscow - Beijing, stop Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, UU & UB

by roundtheworld1 22 February 2012

Hi We are leaving Moscow on 30th August to begin our trip to Beijing. Our plan (with some legs already booked and paid so those dates…
RE: Trans-Siberian Railway Itinerary -I need your opinion- thanks

by everbrite 21 February 2012

Which places depends entirely on your interests. If you like nature and outdoors things, then stop in Krasnoyarsk for a few days and see…
RE: carrying photocopy of passport and migration card?

by atsirlin 19 February 2012

>I plan to go to Urals, where, supposedly, people are not uniformly white slavic. They are more slavic than in present-day Moscow-) …
Re: carrying photocopy of passport and migration card?

by mokoti 19 February 2012

> 3-hour identification detainment. this was the reply I was looking for. thank you. So it is not much different than western europe.…
Re: krasnodar or samara

by AlexWhiteUS 17 February 2012

Good day! I'm from Samara, Russia. Just now join to this nice site and read your topic. Frankly, not as citizen of Samara but as any anoth…
Re: Cycling Russia

by Sandyfm 31 January 2012

Thank you to Dimonirk and Ruth for your recent comments and offer of assistance. The last day and a half I have been fixated on the threat…
Re: Cycling Russia

by atsirlin 28 January 2012

> {quote:title=Sandyfm wrote:}{quote} >I am told by the cycling federation that the M10 will be the busiest road enroute - could anyone…
RE: Cycling Russia

by atsirlin 27 January 2012

Sandy, have you read travel reports of those hefty guys who cycled through Russia in the past? I can't find a link, but I remember a detaile…
Re: Tobolsk or Kazan?

by jaoto 26 January 2012

If one have actually been in Tobolsk and Kazan, the big differences are much more eye catching than the minor similarities. When you…
RE: Trans Siberian in February...

by michaeldunha 12 January 2012

Yes the weather in Moscow is mild I noticed that it was above freezing last week, but where I was near the Urals it got cold mid-week…
Re: Travelling Caucasus in July-August, I would like some practical information

by matthijs07 18 December 2011

+How can Ushguli be the highest village in Europe, when Georgia is categorically not part of Europe??+ Indeed, like #7 says, there is…
In his 1962 sci-fi novel...

by Mel_L_Ellenmellen_Jr 25 October 2011

...THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, Philip K. Dick's theme is an alternative history in which Germany and Japan win the 2nd World War. They…
RE: Trip report Russia - 2,5 weeks September/October

by everbrite 24 October 2011

There is more in Yekaterinburg than the church. There is the old center of town, the cemeteries are interesting for the number of young…
Independent travel to the Yamal Peninsula

by EddyV 22 October 2011

Check out this link for up to date information on [independent travel to the Yamal Peninsula|http://www.offtheunbeatentrack.com/russia/yama…
RE: TRANS-SIBERRIAN STOPS

by everbrite 22 August 2011

When are you planning to make this trip as recommendations for time to spend will depend greatly on the season of travel. First, there…
RE: Off the beaten track in Russia

by jaoto 17 August 2011

A bit depending on how you define "off the beaten track" it is likely that 3-4 weeks will not be enough for traveling off the beaten track…
RE: plans for a trip to Siberia III

by jaoto 13 July 2011

Ruth, I mainly posted Hans' link because of the info of the region, not the accuracy of some photographs of old timetables. I mainly…
plans for a trip to Siberia III

by jaoto 12 July 2011

Since last time I have digged mostly into Western Siberia (among other sources I have read up on Anna Reid's "The Shaman's coat", Thubron's…
Re: Siberia - Getting into the countryside

by robgordon85 28 June 2011

Thanks Ruth, this is helpful. No, I know this isn't into Siberia yet, but I wanted to see if it was possible to see a bit of the Urals…
Siberia - Getting into the countryside

by robgordon85 28 June 2011

I am visiting Siberia for three weeks and want to see something of the countryside in the Urals, rather than just visiting cities. I am…
RE: Trans Mongolian Trip August 2012

by everbrite 29 May 2011

>Is it too early to start planning this bit and booking train tickets? Yes. Tickets don't go on sale until 45 days prior to departure.…
Re: Vladivostok-Moscow Train Journey. Few Question

by walkabout_indian 24 May 2011

Hello Farhad, I am doing the Trans Siberian right now. I am doing it going East. I am from India and had no issues with Russian Visa proce…
RE: Let Us Now Praise Novosibirsk

by everbrite 25 April 2011

I have been to Novosibirsk several times and agree that the performances at the Opera House can be quite good and that the Soviet architectu…
Mainly Murmansk oblast summer 2011

by hurricanebertha 21 April 2011

I am doing a 3 month trip this summer starting mid May in Arctic Norway, ending mid August. The IDEAL trip would only include the Arctic…
RE: Trans-Mongolian Itinerary

by everbrite 21 April 2011

Here are my thoughts. 1. The circumbaikal train only operates on certain days so see if it will be operating on your day 2, 3, or 4.…