Novosibirsk, Russia Travel Blogs

Trans Mongolian Express: Day 3
Jul 27, 2006 (4 photos)

... past their sell by date. Still. Food's food. The landscape thus far had been rather dull. Cutting through the middle of Russia, we were met with a variation on the theme of trees and fields. Flat, characterless, and completely devoid of charm. This, of ...

IN CONCERT, DDT!
Sep 3, 2007

... from rough Los Angeles - seem to me to be incapable of playing a bad note. While in Tomsk, I learned they'd be playing in Novosibirsk on the 31st of August. I hadn't even know there WAS a 31st of August. But, my plans for that day were set. In the ...

Novosibirsk
Aug 18, 2007 (38 photos)

... 'Bingo' :-)) We return to the hotel to try to sleep a bit more. After that, we walked through Novosibirsk, a big city completely different from Moscow and Tomsk, with modern and high buildings. My opinion is that, if you ...

Nice houses
Sep 21, 2006 (2 photos)

Most of Siberia is forest and fields, but sometimes we came across little villages with these multicoloured houses.

Leaving Russia
Sep 4, 2006 (6 photos)

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Grey skies over grey city
Sep 24, 2007

... pics of what is not an overly photogenic place. Most of the travel literature and online resources concerning Russia tend to rate Novosibirsk rather low as a destination. They usually point to its short history, an overwhelmingly industrial status and ...

Novosibirsk
Jun 9, 2007

... miles. We headed on to Birsk and after a brief overnight halt in a low quality Hotel Vostok, we sped on to Novosibirsk where after a fight we obtained a room which was a great improvemnet over the Vostok. Entering Bjisk the roads became badly potholed and ...

Leaves on the line - No Problem
Feb 24, 2008 (3 photos)

24th Feb Great Day on the train - even got a free hot meal at lunchtime. Decided not to partake of smoked fish sold by vendors on the platform.  Great scenery - even though it didn't change much for 500 miles! Loos really amazing - to flush just ...

Drink training with Russian Military
May 18, 2007 (2 photos)

Today I met the military soldiers of my wagon, of course they invited me for a beer: this time I accepted... it was not the best idea that I had. They were returning after the end of their 2 years contracts most of them were 21. They were partying for the ...

Train
Aug 3, 2005 (4 photos)

Novosibirsk
Sep 24, 2007

Novosibirsk veut dire Nouvelle Siberie! On a juste transite la et pris l avion pour la Chine.

From Russia With Love - Part 3
Sep 13, 2006

If anyone ever asks me what Siberia looks like, I'll just show them a picture of tree. In my head, I'd had a vision of seas of grassland, stretching for miles and flat steppe as far as the eye could see. I've seen that a couple of times, but mostly, its ...

Transiberien - la croisiere
May 23, 2006 (16 photos)

Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ Entry in French Au deuxieme matin, c'est Katia qui quitte le train, a Yekaterinburg. On reste a deux avec Sucha, c'est peinard, plus la peine de ranger les matelas, puisque chacun a sa couchette. ...

Tran-Siberian Railroad
Jun 28, 2005

one of the stops

Transiberien - la routine
May 23, 2006 (6 photos)

... a Novosibirsk, passant le pont (plus de 800m de long) de l'Ob, fleuve geant qui coule jusqu'a l'ocean arctique. Novosibirsk: un grand port industriel, des monuments eclaires au loin, parmi lesquels brillent les coupoles dorees de la cathedrale (?). Je vais ...

Novosibirsk
Oct 1, 2007 (2 photos)

 

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May 8, 2001 (1 photos)

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Novosibirsk
Mar 10, 2008 (44 photos)

Km 3303 of the Trans-Siberian-Railway. More information: http://wikitravel.org/en/Novosibirsk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novosibirsk http://www.waytorussia.net/Siberia/Novosibirsk/Guide.html

Novosibirsk
May 31, 2006 (13 photos)

... in the meal car... maybe because we weren't drinking vodka... I don't know what set him off, but it was pretty funny. Novosibirsk was a necessary stop for us, because we needed to change onto the Kazakhstan-bound train. there wasn't really much to write ...

Novosibirsk
Aug 23, 2006 (3 photos)

... , which immidiately became several hours later (not sure how many!). Made it to the Hotel Sibir fairly easiliy enough. However, Novosibirsk looks a bit rubbish. Will have to investigate tomorrow. Ate a nice, if somewhat pricey meal in the restaurant and ...

Novosibirsk to Kazan - Trans Siberian
May 28, 2007 (14 photos)

The next few days were a combination of travelling on the Trans Siberian and stopping off at various towns along the way. The first major stop was at Novoibirsk. This has a famous opera house, Lenin Square and is alongside the River Orb. Usual round of ...

on the train
Aug 6, 2001

showering with a cup of cold water on the train. Statues of Lenin flying by the window.

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Oct 8, 2007

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Novosibirsk
Aug 25, 2006

... in order to visit. Seeing as there was only a small railway museum it wasn't worth getting arrested for. Wandered around Novosibirsk - found the Sibir Eagles football stadium but there are no games until Sunday - and I wouldn't want to extend my time in ...

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Oct 8, 2007

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un peu plus loin
Aug 10, 2007

un peu plus loin en Russie

Novosibirsk
Aug 24, 2006

... to buy an English-Russian dictionary, from which I worked out how to buy a phrasebook. However, there seem to be none in Novosibirsk. Spent most of the dat sleeping, trying to make sense of the current time zone. Will go to Akademgorod tomorrow to see the ...