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What was once a hard earned achievement of Man vs. Nature, Circum-Baikal Railway, is now mostly a sideshow, as the main line of the Trans Siberia Express takes…
Even the Russians we spoke to about spending the night in Slyudyanka were confused about why we’d want to get off in a tiny town a few hours…
This was to be our biggest stint on the train, totalling approximately 60 hours, 4000kms and three different time zones. Unfortunately, since we had problems booking our tickets,…
In a brilliant move on my part, before we left the train, I asked our Russian room mate (via the translation of my phone) if she could help…
This was our first journey on the ‘Trans Siberia Express’, which is more of a route than an actual train. Our first journey was also a relatively short…
It had taken a lot of work to get to this point, not because it’s especially difficult, but due to bad luck, timing and poor planning. But, after…
It’s been a while since my last visit to Tokyo. The bus ride from Narita airport reminded me just how colossal this megalopolis is, with concrete apartment blocks…
It might sound unbelievable, but due to circumstances mostly beyond our control, this is our third attempt at planning a Trans Siberia journey. Our problem hasn’t been so…
For English booking, please contact the ryokan directly via their Facebook page – facebook.com/ginkonyu – I don’t have anything to do with the ryokan, other than being a very…
I’m sure it sounds almost blasphemous, but we were tired and ready to go home and go back to work. I actually had a look at shifting our…