November 2010
12 posts
2 tags
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The...”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
4 tags
7 tags
Day 11, April 19 - on the train... again
As we head further west our trains seem to be improving in quality. But we still can’t seem to escape the green colour scheme.
We had a fabulous car attendant this leg of the journey. She didn’t speak a lick of English but she had a real Motherly way about her and she seemed to enjoy looking after us girls.
She caught me attempting to take some abstract shots of the trains...
3 tags
“Gaiety is among the most outstanding features of the Soviet Union”
– Joseph Stalin
2 tags
10 tags
Day 10, April 18 - Omsk
Who decided arriving anywhere in the middle of Siberia at 06:07 was a good idea?
I’m not a morning person at the best of times but the fear of missing ones stop so early in the morning can ruin what little chance I had of getting a good nights sleep.
Arriving in what seems to be the middle of nowhere (with a jarring minty green paint job that is the station) being bombarded by very eager...
3 tags
“To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most...”
– Oscar Wilde
6 tags
11 tags
Day 9, April 17 enroute to Omsk... boredom sets in
I’d like to tell you that everything was wine, roses, romance, adventure and excitement. But being on a train for a stretch of 2 nights and a day was anything but (granted this is just my opinion).
There are 4 of us in a narrow carriage. I’m on the top bunk which hangs down low enough that I can sit up without hitting my head on the roof but the bed itself is narrow which makes for...
“By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering.”
– Roger Ascham
7 tags
Day 8, April 16 – Irkutsk
We say goodbye to Listvyanka and Lake Baikal after breakfast and catch our transfer back to Irkutsk where we will once again continue our journey across Siberia. Our train doesn’t depart until 4:30ish so we’ve got the whole day to explore the city.
Our guide has provided us with a simple map and points out a few places of interest for us before dropping us off in Kirov Square. We are close to...