While in Mongolia, we budgeted out our time for the rest of the trip and realized that our final days of traveling were quickly approaching. No matter how we worked it, we simply did not have enough days to sufficiently see Moscow and St. Petersburg before our flight home. One of the cities would have [...]
Most folks seem to think that buying tickets as you go on the Trans-Siberian railway is way too complicated for them. Well, we’re here to tell you it’s not. We traveled from Beijing to Moscow, but buying your tickets the other way around should be the same.
Visas
First of all, you need to get your visas [...]
Continue reading about DIY travel aboard the Trans-Siberian railway
As a recap, we set off from Beijing aboard the Trans-Siberian railway. After a stop in Mongolia, we headed onto Russia. On the first two legs of this journey, we shared our carriage with smugglers. For me smugglers conjure up images of shady characters moving illicit drugs and the like. These folks, however, were more [...]
Continue reading about Trans-Siberian railway: Irkutsk to Moscow
After spending three weeks in Mongolia (helping a nomadic family migrate and taking a 12-day tour), it was time to move on. We’d come right off a 9-hour day’s drive back to Ulan Bataar to catch our train, and we were rushing. Thanks to a lengthy currency exchange (try operating in four different currencies!), we [...]
Continue reading about Trans-Siberian railway: Ulan Bataar to Irkutsk
When planning our trip, the mystique of the Trans-Siberian railway captured Chris’ attention. I was a little less enthused after watching the movie Transsiberian on our flight home from Argentina. Filled with murder and mystery, the movie did little to make me want to rush out and take the Trans-Mongolian train. It was something akin [...]
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