- A day in St.Petersburg
Heading through the city streets, poplar-pollen swirling through the air like snow, we dodged the screeching cars to make our way into the calm, green park. Several women were using straw brooms to sweep the gravel paths...it seems to be Posted by hazelnutty in Adventures in the North | Jul 9, 2009
- 6 days ain't for sissys
As a preface, I am admitting upfront that I have a lot of typos, misspellings and grammatical errors in my blog entries. I am not going to get balled-up about it because it cost money and time to sit Posted by TB_Ddizzle in Round the World with TB and D-dizzle | Jul 1, 2009
- Russia - Moscow & St Petersburg
Russia Travel Map
Click on this Russia map link to see the detailed route and the main towns. http://www.travellerspoint.com/member_map.cfm?itinid=191181&tripid=191181
For the full photo gallery for Russia visit [url=http://www.travelle Posted by hazelnutty in Adventures in the North | Jul 4, 2009
- The Day of Russia celebrated with a tennis racket
Sunzha Group, with organizational support and assistance of the City Department of Physical Culture and Sports of Sochi carried out Open Tennis Tournament, which took place June 12-14, 2009 at modern tennis courts in Sunzha’s property.
The Tournament was Posted by A.Kvasova in Trips around Russia | Jun 29, 2009
- Russia - Central Siberia: Irkutsk and Lake Baikal
27 June 2009: Still on the train: 48 hours down, 24 to go. Only 2138km. The ride was smoother and faster last night – better, straighter lines. Everyone hankers to get out for a walk when the train stops. At Posted by hazelnutty in Adventures in the North | Jun 24, 2009
- Russia!
Hi everyone!
please excuse the very delayed update! in russia we had no computer that would let us upload photos. we've also been very busy seeing so much, so its been hard to find free time! we hope you're all well, Posted by benheidi in Ben & Heidi's Fun Fun Fun Adventure | Jun 23, 2009
- Russia - Siberia and the East
Detailed Description of the East
For the full photo gallery for Russia visit http://www.travellerspoint.com/photos/gallery/users/hazelnutty/countries/Russia/
Another little town in Siberia
Tiny wooden houses clustered in a Posted by hazelnutty in Adventures in the North | Jun 20, 2009
- One day trip to the Russian island
Day trip to the Russian island.
Russian island is the biggest island close to Vladivostok city. Previously it was closed for visiting. There was situated russian military forces, but now everyone is free to go there. Especially now, when there Posted by Nuta in One day trip to Russian Island | Jun 13, 2009
- Kizhi
Hellooo everybody.!
So i guess its time for another update,
The Folk Concert. So i think i left you at the folk music concert...which actually turned out to be pretty cool! It was a Finnish band who spoke Russian to us Posted by Sianieee in First Visit to Russia | May 18, 2009
- My First Few Days Ever in Russia...
Privet! So I'm here in la Russe which is all fun and dandy though admittedly bit of a culture shock too. So far it's not exactly full of all those cool buildings on you see on post cards...more like very Posted by Sianieee in First Visit to Russia | May 18, 2009
- Ulan Ude
My final stop in my trip across Russia was the town of Ulan Ude. To be honest there wasn't much to the city. I saw the world's biggest Lenin head (see below for a picture of me picking Lenin's nose) Posted by ronanm32 in The Eastern Campaign | May 3, 2009
- Lake Baikal
The train arrived into Irkutsk early in the morning so after saying goodbye to some of my traveling companions from the carriage goodbye a few of us headed into town to organise a trip out to Lake Baikal.
Lake Baikal is Posted by ronanm32 in The Eastern Campaign | Apr 28, 2009
- Shenanigans on the train from Ekaterinburg!
I was well prepared for this train journey as I had made a pit stop at the local supermarket and had bought lots of snacks, noodles and most importantly vodka.
We were joining the Moscow to Irkutsk train so there were Posted by ronanm32 in The Eastern Campaign | Apr 28, 2009
- Ekaterinburg, Russia
Well I arrived in Ekaterinburg in the afternoon local time and made my way to my hostel. Surprisingly enough the place had free wi-fi and I was able to get online. It astonishes me how ubiquitous the internet is here Posted by ronanm32 in The Eastern Campaign | Apr 28, 2009
- Summer in Altai
Last years my boyfriend and me were in Altai many-many times, and this year won't be an exception)
so, just look at our routes and I don't need more words to describe this breathtaking panorams)))
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/207562/knopka_r Posted by Ksenia S in Altai Discovery Team | Apr 25, 2009
- Mountain Altay. Valley of Freedom
This is project structure from a few directions in modern art begining 21 century.
The studio Likgallery working in that styles.
The director of studio Lik gallery is Ganova Ludmila.
Ket Gun is artist,poetess, photography model and photographer.
Tsuri Posted by likgallery in Lik Gallery | Apr 23, 2009
- Irkutsk, and Lake Baikal
Half tumble-down houses, half peeling soviet apartment blocks, its grassy spaces strewn with litter and syringes, the most interesting thing about Irkutsk is that its river flows direct Posted by Bimbler in Carol Goes Adventuring | Apr 22, 2009
- Moscow
Well I arrived in Moscow at 08:30 in the morning and armed with my metro map I set off to find my hostel, Godzilla Hostel. I was so impressed with the Moscow underground, they have beautiful stations. The décor is Posted by ronanm32 in The Eastern Campaign | Apr 20, 2009
- Train Times (Part 1)
The modernness of the train is a welcome surprise, set up to aeroplane standards with T.V., LED reading lights & headphone ports leading to the joys of Russian radio. I even get served lu Posted by Bimbler in Carol Goes Adventuring | Apr 20, 2009
- Historical tour around St Petersburg
Despite the inauspicious start with the accommodation things quickly improved. The hostel was ideally located near the centre of town (always the most critical point of accommodation) and I began my sight seeing. Overall I am very
impressed with St. Posted by ronanm32 in The Eastern Campaign | Apr 17, 2009
- St Petersburg
After my ordeal at the border the rest of the journey was uneventful. I woke around seven and spent the next hour or so looking out the window as St. Petersburg came into site. All train track Posted by ronanm32 in The Eastern Campaign | Apr 17, 2009
- First Impressions
Well I have a few observations to make after my initial impressions of Russia
I now know why there aren't many Russian Formula 1 drivers. The average Russian seems to drive at such breakneck speed and with such reckless abandon that Posted by ronanm32 in The Eastern Campaign | Apr 15, 2009
- The Neva is cold at this time of year...............
Well I have arrived in St. Petersburg (just about).
Despite my earlier fears I managed to pick out my train to St. Petersburg in Vilnius without too much hassle. There weren't too many people on my carriage which was just as Posted by ronanm32 in The Eastern Campaign | Apr 14, 2009
- 32kg og 3km
Torsdagen gaar med til en heldags "Tour of Olkon" med hvem andre enn: Andrei! Det er flott, men svaert saa humpete, og vi faar bl.a. se Baesjefjellet (der fiskerne paa isen "letter litt paa trykket"), 3brothers (tre fjell - i Posted by L og P in Transsibirske og Forbi! | Apr 5, 2009
- Lost in Siberia
Etter to avslappende dager i Irkutsk finner vi oss sittende i en minibuss paa vei til oeya Olkon. Det HUMPER og RISTER hele veien (og til tross for det klarer Pernille aa sove 3/4 av veien sittende med hodet paa Posted by L og P in Transsibirske og Forbi! | Apr 5, 2009