I have heard that there are people who would get really bored if they had to sit on a train for a whole week. Really? Okay, I admit I can imagine it, but it's not the case for me. When I travelled on the Trans-Siberian railway I broke the trip up with a few stops along the way so the longest …
Russia
My grand Russian adventure is someone else’s summer vacation
I don't remember when I decided that one day I would just have to ride the Trans-Siberian - I really think it's something that I had in mind even before I had figured out where the Trans-Siberian actually ran. When I started planning to do some serious travel, it was high on my priority list. Then I …
“Art” in Vladivostok: A definite Soviet sculpture style
Landing in Vladivostok, as I've described before, was both by accident (I'd planned to start my epic train trip in China) and nearly with an accident (my hairy landing with Air Vladivostok has stayed with me - although it wasn't actually at all dangerous!). Just the same, I'm very glad I went, if …