Some General information about the trip and Siberian railways can be found on following website : Transiberian railways (use F11 to go to full screen mode )
Mongolia... the big wilderness and to me at least the great unknown on this trip. From the train the steppes, mountains and the plains with ger (nomad tents) and horse riders were really spectacular. I visited some of these nomads and it's really amazing that this way of life
Lake Baikal... the deepest lake on the world, more than 1500 m deep, and containing 20 percent of the worlds fresh water. A very interesting place to visit, as not only are the sights so beautiful, but the air and water are so pure, it makes you feel good.
Irkutsk, the Paris of Siberia, and it shows . Beautiful buildings and a busy city and clean streets... it feels like Western Europe again, but people are different and cars sometimes a bit outdated and cyrilic everywhere. A lot of acient wooden houses still remain here, not
Hi again everyone. I survived the Transsib train... sitting in Moscow now , where I can witness Russia in first gear.... The train ride of 4 days was very exiting ... lots of beautiful nature, landscapes, old towns, factories... and trains ! Living on the train is an experience on its
The final destination of my trip and a beautiful and comfortable ending to this adventure. St-Petersberg looks already very scandinavian to me. The fact that this city is on the same latitude of Oslo and that it never gets really dark maybe adds to this impression. Visited some
The adventure starts here .... 4 days in Beijing, the city that never sleeps. Beijing has changed a lot in the past couple of years. Big boulevards and tower buildings everywhere, and Mac Donalds, KFC and Starbucks are commonplace. But if you go into the side alleys(hutongs), although
