Nothing to write about so I’ll just continue to add my backlog of photos. Nothing terribly special in this batch. However, Irkutsk was the best city I visited in Russia, probably because I had the lucky opportunity to have a set of local guides. The vodka is incredible and Irkutsk oddly enough, has amazingly good [...]
01 Mar 2009 Bryan 8 comments
An example of poor weather karma is excellent conditions while traveling on the rails but consistently wet conditions while on stopovers. Such is the case in Irkutsk, 70km from the shores of Baikal. I caught an early morning glimpse of the lake as the train raced by on the 25 th and it is simply [...]
03 Aug 2008 Bryan 0 comments
Traveling the Trans-Siberian Railway is really traveling the Trans-Siberian railway. Lots of traveling and not much doing. This fits rather fine with me since I fall into the category of a person who enjoys the traveling aspect of new countries. I enjoy seeing and doing things as well, but I can quite happily stare out [...]
25 Jul 2008 Bryan 0 comments
I’m keeping my posts short because I’d like to keep my internet bar time to a minimum because in addition to hourly rates, users are also charge a bandwith premium. Traveling the eastern seaboard of Russia (namely Vladivostok) is no walk in the traveling park. It’s not impossible, or even difficult for that matter…just frustrating. [...]
21 Jul 2008 Bryan 2 comments
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