Russia
October 1, 2017
From Irkutsk to Ulaan Baatar Carrying on with my Trans-mongolian journey meant taking on the Irkutsk to Ulaan Baatar leg. Almost every guide book you come […]
August 4, 2017
Leaving Yekaterinburg meant that we were continuing on the Trans Siberian Railway and moving deeper into Russia; on to the Siberian capital, Irkutsk, and the impressive […]
July 26, 2017
It is no secret that most people think that the Trans-Mongolian route is the most beautiful train route from Russia to China, although the Trans-Siberian (Moscow […]
March 23, 2017
No trip to Russia is complete without going to Moscow and St Petersburg, and it was in these cities that we got our first taste of […]
February 13, 2017
Travelling Sam is back with vengeance! Normally most people would apologise for not posting for a while, but I am not going to! Not because I […]
December 25, 2016
Time to reflect. It is about 10pm at night (Moscow time) and I am on a train stopped somewhere in the Russian wilderness on the edge […]