Posts Tagged ‘siberia’
Irkutsk – Russia – August 2008
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 […]
Vladivostok, Russia – July 2008
Not wanting to write papers or design massing concepts in AutoCAD, I thought I’d do the next best thing – add more photos. The roughest, toughest city in Asia. I spent a few days here after hopping off the ferry from Japan. Really neat urban fabric and lots of restoration occuring throughout the city. It’s […]
Irkutsk July 25-28th 2008
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 25th and it is simply massive […]
Train 031 Vladivostok to Irkutsk July 22-25 2008
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 […]
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