Met some cool people, swapped wheels at the border, traveled on Chineese train.…
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Quick and dirty video from-the-hip of the famous State Department Store in UlaanBaatar, Mongolia. Apologies about the poor quality.…
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Founded: 1628 Pop: 974,000 Train station in Krasnoyarsk We rolled into Krasnoyarsk at 7:30 am local time / 3:30 am Moscow time. In just 6 days we conquered 4 time zones. Luckily train is…
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We climbed one steep hill to enjoy (and bring you!) the panorama of UB.…
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Founded: 1723 Pop: 1.4 million Other names: Sverdlovsk Yekaterinburg Train Station We had just 6 hours in Yekaterinburg, which wasn’t a great deal — but enough to see memorials to the town’s somber history. …
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Founded: 1005 Pop: 1.1 million Gleaming Kazan train station. We were most impressed with Kazan from the moment the train pulled into the station. Clean, modern, even slick. Beautiful city, colorful, interesting people (and…
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Back to the city, back to wifi, warm showers and comfortable beds, back to civilization, back to UlaanBaator.…
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Mongolia, Day 2 – trying to find things to do in steppe and failing.…
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Founded: 1221 by Grand Duke Yuri II Pop: 1.2 million Other names: Gorky Monument to NN founder Yuri Vsevoldovich and his teacher Simon We took high speed train – Sapsan – from Moscow, which…
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Greetings from the steppe and a tour of a Mongolian ger!…
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Stuck at the border crossing at Naushki, Russia for 5 hours. Talked to the customs officer, made a new friend, Chema from Spain, and helped out a nice Japanese gentlemen – Shinya Watanabe(shinyawatanabe.net)…
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Our last day in Russia – spent in Ulan Ude. We saw the city, visited Russia’s center of Buddhism, and of course caught up with internet work and blogging before taking off for Mongolian…
