Obtaining visas for the Trans Siberian train
Obtaining our visas: final planning hurdle accomplished! Our ideal plan is to just follow our stomachs through Asia. Then, if the budget allows it, to work our way through to Australia and New Zealand....
View ArticleBeautiful St Petersburg: an open air museum
St Petersburg was the second stop in our travels and our first stop in Russia. We arrived by overnight coach across the boarder. This was a truly unforgettable experience but for the wrong reasons....
View ArticleOur memorable experiences with Russian food
Whilst travelling through Russia, we got stuck into lots of Russian food. As the world’s largest country, Russian food has a wealth of influence from Europe on one side to Asia on the other – to the...
View ArticleGood morning Moscow!
Moscow was our second stop over in Russia after our time in St Petersburg. It was also the starting point for our Trans Siberian railway adventure. We arrived on a Thursday morning after an overnight...
View ArticleOur 10 favourite observations about Russia
Here is a round up of our favourite observations about Russia during our month there in June 2014: 1. Quirkiest Russian tourist attraction: Our first quirky observation was the QWERTY keyboard monument...
View ArticleLife on board the trans siberian train
Travelling on the Trans Siberian train through Russia was always a life long ambition of ours. The train itself starts from Moscow and takes 8 days to reach Vladivostok covering 5,772 miles. Our Trans...
View ArticleOur Trans-Siberian stop over on Olkhon Island
Lake Baikal contains 20% of the world’s unfrozen surface fresh water. It is the world’s deepest fresh water lake – 1,642 m (5,387 ft) at its deepest point. It also claimed to be the world’s oldest...
View ArticleVideo of our travels on the Trans-Siberian train
This is our Trans-Siberian video summary of the first month of our travels. We started in Riga (Latvia), then headed to St Petersburg and Moscow to start our Trans Siberian adventure to Lake Baikal via...
View ArticleRussia: how much does it cost to travel on the Tran Siberian
Russia was the second country we visited on our travels from 6 June to 2 July 2014, where we started our Trans Siberian railway adventure into Asia. we spent 27 days and each spent £1,125 / $1,742 this...
View ArticleObtaining visas for the Trans Siberian train
Obtaining our visas: final planning hurdle accomplished! Our ideal plan is to just follow our stomachs through Asia. Then, if the budget allows it, to work our way through to Australia and New Zealand....
View ArticleBeautiful St Petersburg: an open air museum
St Petersburg was the second stop in our travels and our first stop in Russia. We arrived by overnight coach across the boarder. This was a truly unforgettable experience but for the wrong reasons....
View ArticleOur memorable experiences with Russian food
Whilst travelling through Russia, we got stuck into lots of Russian food. As the world’s largest country, Russian food has a wealth of influence from Europe on one side to Asia on the other – to the...
View ArticleVisiting Russia: Good Morning Moscow!
Moscow was our second stop over in Russia after our time in St Petersburg. It was also the starting point for our Trans Siberian railway adventure. We arrived in Moscow on Thursday 12 June: National...
View ArticleOur 10 favourite observations about Russia
Here is a round up of our favourite observations about Russia during our month there in June 2014: 1. Quirkiest Russian tourist attraction: Our first quirky observation was the QWERTY keyboard monument...
View ArticleRussia: life on board the trans siberian train
Travelling on the Trans Siberian train through Russia was always a life long ambition of ours. We began our big trip in Asia on this long journey. The Trans Siberian in full from Moscow to Vladivostok...
View ArticleOur Trans-Siberian stop over on Olkhon Island
Lake Baikal contains 20% of the world’s unfrozen surface fresh water. It is the world’s deepest fresh water lake – 1,642 m (5,387 ft) at its deepest point. It also claimed to be the world’s oldest...
View ArticleVideo of our travels on the Trans-Siberian train
This is our Trans-Siberian video summary of the first month of our travels. We started in Riga (Latvia), then headed to St Petersburg and Moscow to start our Trans Siberian adventure to Olkhon Island...
View ArticleRussia: how much does it cost to travel on the Tran Siberian
Russia was the second country we visited on our travels from 6 June to 2 July 2014, where we started our Trans Siberian railway adventure into Asia. we spent 27 days and each spent £1,125 / $1,742 this...
View ArticleIs Russia safe for gay travellers to visit? Gay travel Russia
Stefan’s coming out song in February 2003 was “All The Things You Said”, a pop hit by Russian girlband t.A.T.u, who were marketed as a lesbian couple. For the video of this song, the two band members,...
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