My Trans Siberian Railway Experience; 6 Crazy True Stories

My Trans Siberian Railway Experience; 6 Crazy True Stories Unless you’re armed with a mountain of organized paperwork (unlikely for me) Russia only grants 30-day visas. Considering the train itself takes about 7 solid days, it doesn’t...

Things To Do In Irkutsk; My Trans-Siberian Adventure

Things To Do In Irkutsk; My Trans-Siberian Adventure I took the trans-Siberian train from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. I then continued on the train from Mongolia to Russia. In total, it took me about 4 weeks and was one of the best tr...

Getting Naked and Renting out a Gay Russian Bathhouse in Moscow

Getting Naked and Renting out a Gay Russian Bath House in Moscow I had finally arrived in Moscow. The last month or so on the Trans Siberian train had been the adventure of a lifetime. From Beijing, through Mongolia, into Siberia, then a de...

2 Days in St Petersburg

St Petes is to Moscow what Beauty is to the Beast. After a month in Russia I thought I had worked out Russian cities, with their Soviet hangover still lingering, mass apartment blocks, they were interesting if not pleasing to the eye, but t...

Backpacking in Moscow – 5 Best Things I saw

It only cost me $300 in visas, 10 nights on trains and too many bottles of vodka to county to finally make it here, and it was worth all the effort. Moscow, I’d heard, was in the top 5 most expensive city in the world, so when I managed to...

Getting from Russia to Kazakhstan: Omsk to Astana

I don’t like to follow people’s paths, I always have a burning desire to blaze my own trail, to find my own way to when I subscribed to taking the Trans Siberian railroad from China to Russia, 1/3 of the way around the world, I knew I had t...

Packing for the Trans Siberian Train – Essentials

The most epic train journey of them all, and one which every traveler has on their bucket list, the Trans Siberian conjures images on Soviet train carriages, drinking Vodka with people in your cabin, vast landscapes and huge distance – it’s...

Going to Lake Baikal, the World’s Deepest Lake

My first stop on the Trans Siberian proper was Irkutsk, from all accounts it was meant to be quite dreary, non-eventful stop but after a day of sightseeing and a night of vodka, I certainly don’t subscribe to that. That combined with the fa...

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Taking the Train from Beijing to Ulaan Baatar, TheTrans Mongolian

For anyone who’s interested in taking the train from Beijing to Ulaan Baatar, I thought it’d be cool for you guys to see what it’s actually like, so here’s a quick recount on my time on the train. Being the budget backpacker that I am, I bo...

What Visas You Need to Get in Advance to Take the Trans Siberian Railway

The Trans Siberian is something every true traveler has on their bucket list. I loved the adventure and I wrote this as I was about to jump on the train to Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia. It took quite a lot of work, and a fair chunk o...

Riding the Trans-Siberian a journey from East to West

EDITOR: Today, Ian, a good friend of mine has written a guest post about our awesome journey through Siberia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia – he blogs about his travels at borderlesstravels.com The Trans-Siberian from Beijing to Mo...