- Leaving Ulan-Ude, a very nice town!
Summary
So my last evening in Ulan-Ude is coming to an end. And overall it has been a very nice time in this town. People are so kind here in Siberia. Everyone wants to help the poor tourist. And people are Posted by kahnan in Around the world | Aug 29, 2009
- Crazyiest 24 hours so far
The taxi driver
First of all my taxi driver from Hotel in Krasnoyarsk had seen way to many American movies. I am not going to censure this, so for all sensitive persons i can just say: Sorry but this is real Posted by kahnan in Around the world | Aug 27, 2009
- Before the trip by Ural rivers
We spent a lot of time preparing to the adventure. We gathered different info and collected necessary equipment, had meetings and discussions. We were going to visit sub-polar Ural rivers. I fancy that in English the names of the rivers Posted by fodis in Denis's travel notes | Aug 27, 2009
- Just arrived to Ulan-Ude
First thing i did was to try to connect my laptop to the internet. But the instruction was on 8 pages of Russian so it took me about 30 minutes before i managed to connect. I think i deserve a Posted by kahnan in Around the world | Aug 26, 2009
- Tomorrow morning i will leave Krasnoyarsk!
Tomorrow i will leave pretty early by train to Ulan-Ude. A trip for about 24 hours on train. This time with the Russiya train which is the most famous for going the whole way Moscow to Vladivostok.
In Krasnoyarsk there is Posted by kahnan in Around the world | Aug 25, 2009
- World Travels
I visited Moscow, Russia. There is approximately 142,000,000 people in Russia. Most of them living in the urban area. The land area of russia is about 6.5 million square miles. Russia's GDP is Posted by lisica in Around the world in 20 days | Aug 24, 2009
- Krasnoyarsk
The train trip started 12.39 Moscow time (yes all interrail in Russia is presented with Moscow time even if they are
departing from Vladivostok.
So my first bad memory in Russia was on the Sverdlovsk vagzal (the train station). A Posted by kahnan in Around the world | Aug 24, 2009
- Leaving Ekaterinburg
Zdravstvoytje!
Two days in Sverdlovks (Ekaterinburg) have passed and its time to go by train to Krasnoyarsk!
First i would like to tell about my train trip from Moscow to Ekaterinburg. I went in the same kupe as Alexander, Ivan and Posted by kahnan in Around the world | Aug 21, 2009
- In Sverdlovsk!
After a fantastic train (vodka) trip i arrived to my hotel, gustinitsa sverdlovsk! Very good hotel, i like it very much. I will update more later on, time offset is GMT+5 (so four hours ahead of Sweden/CET)
Everyone is very kind Posted by kahnan in Around the world | Aug 19, 2009
- Trans Siberian Railway
Hello!
We are at our last stop along the railway through Russia: Lake Bailkal. We haven't had time to upload pictures yet. We just wanted you to know we are doing alright, thank God... and that we are having a very Posted by Fiorela in Two Vagabonds at Large | Aug 19, 2009
- St Petersburg Part II
We took a trip out of the city today to go and see Peterhof, which is basically Peter the Greats summer palace on the sea. It is famous for its fountains, and we must agree they were totally fantastic! [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/104998/P108045 Posted by chrisalex in Asia 2009 | Aug 19, 2009
- St Petersburg Part I
The train from Moscow was fine and only lasted 8 hours, and we got to Moscow the same evening. After checking into the hostel, we went for a quick walk around the city and grabbed something to eat. After a Posted by chrisalex in Asia 2009 | Aug 18, 2009
- Finally in Moscow
This day started very early and i nearly didn't sleep anything the night to monday.
So when i finally fell asleep it was time to wake up again. Considering Arlanda Airport feel like my second home there was no problem Posted by kahnan in Around the world | Aug 17, 2009
- Moscow Part III
We had a lazy day walking around Moscow today, seeing all the things that we have missed out on! We started by getting the tube out of town to see the University of Moscow, which is housed in one of Posted by chrisalex in Asia 2009 | Aug 15, 2009
- Moscow Part II
We walked past the changing of the guard for the Unknown Soldier again on our way to the Kremlin this morning, still goose-steppingingly mad! We had to get separate tickets for the armoury so we Posted by chrisalex in Asia 2009 | Aug 14, 2009
- Saint Petersburg
[b]I am always in a hurry uploading and posting entries, so if you want to see more pics, check out the Photography link on the right hand side.
[i]Siempre estoy apurada cuando tengo que poner fotos y escribir anecdotars, para ver Posted by Fiorela in Two Vagabonds at Large | Aug 14, 2009
- Moscow Part I
We arrived in Moscow yesterday morning after only 30 hours on the train (pah!), and after checking in to the hotel we spent the day strolling around our little area of Moscow and generally catching up with ourselves. Today we Posted by chrisalex in Asia 2009 | Aug 13, 2009
- Platskartni prejiviavania
Den 6: Vlaka Moskva - Ekaterinburg. V tozi vlak ochakvah dosta po goliama mizeria, predvid vsichko koeto biahme chuvali i cheli za platskarta. A vsushtnost e pochti luksozno - ima si chisti charshafi, voda i tok v kenefa, leli s Posted by 100kmvChas in Сибирски Пътепис | Aug 10, 2009
- Irkutsk to Yekaterinburg!!
эдравствуйте ('zdrast-vuy-te' - hello) from Russia!
Train from Irkutsk left 2 hours late, not a great start to the journey, but somehow managed to be perfectly on time when we got to Yekaterinburg 50 hours later! The trains are fine once Posted by chrisalex in Asia 2009 | Aug 10, 2009
- Beijing to Irkutsk!
Got on 72 hour train from Beijing, which although the longest train we have ever been on, it wasn't too bad! We managed to read, eat and sleep to pass the time. The change over at the border took 10 Posted by chrisalex in Asia 2009 | Aug 5, 2009
- Здраствуйте братушки
Значи, казвам ви, Москва е огрооооомноооо! Небостыргачи всякакви, 16 лентови булеварди, мнооого хора, а бирата им е почти като нашата, сещате се какво значи това.
Егати скапаната фонетична кирилица!!!
Ot tu natatyk na sliokavica, sorrry
Daje Eli Posted by 100kmvChas in Сибирски Пътепис | Aug 4, 2009
- Moscow Pics and more...
At last we have some time to update pictures and tell you a bit about our time in Moscow. We have only spent there a couple of days before we took the train to Saint Petersburg.
[i]Finalmente tenemos un poco de Posted by Fiorela in Two Vagabonds at Large | Jul 31, 2009
- In Moscow!!!
Hey Everybody!!! we made it to Moscow safe and sound, Thank God!
We are having a blast with my friend Taras.
I don't have much time now, but as soon as I do, I'll post some pictures.
Love y'all!
Hola!!!
Estamos en Posted by Fiorela in Two Vagabonds at Large | Jul 30, 2009
- Goodbye to "Rossiya"
Russian impressions, starting with the not-so-great stuff, but quickly getting to the wonderful bits. We're feeling like we'd like to know much more, but this is just our experience and what we saw .....
Terrible poverty, desperate need for welfare for Posted by hazelnutty in Adventures in the North | Jul 10, 2009
- The Road Awaits...
It's all getting exciting. I'm all packed and have already left the UK, currently writing from Moscow.
For this trip I want to make full use of the blog and internet resources in general, so I'm opening this as a platform Posted by Antonxiii in The Nomad | Jul 9, 2009