Perm, Russia Travel Blogs

Trans-Mongolian Express: Day 2
Jul 26, 2006 (5 photos)

"We are damned and we are dead All god's children to be sent To our perfect place in the sun And in the dirt" - Marilyn Manson Day 2 dawned bright and rickety. The European Shithead Challenge had been concluded the night before, and I had failed ...

Technotrekker Travel Technologies - FULL LIST
Jan 1, 2006 (6 photos)

A number of readers have asked about the equipment I'm using to produce this travel blog. The answers have been posted in various entries but here's a complete summation of Travel Technologies used, with a few additional notes since I wrote the originals: ...

MAP PIN - Perm
Oct 6, 2005

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Yekaterinbourg
Jun 17, 2007

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Trans-Manchurian, day 1
Nov 5, 2006 (1 photos)

The first day of the journey was relatively sedate. Lots of sitting and staring aimlessly out of the window, watching the countryside roll past. It's surprising how it's possible to sit and stare for hours on end, given the view has fallen somewhat short ...

Trans-Siberian
Sep 19, 2006

When we stop Babushka's (old women) surround the train platform offering traditional food and snacks as well as the typical Russian souvenirs. Were travelling on the number 10 train which only runs about once a week, so its safe to say if you get off at ...

On to Perm
Jun 15, 2007

... and tobacco shops before we finally found a blank faced supermarket to replenish our food supplies. Today we set off on the route to Perm and industrial city 400 km west. The roads were dreadful and one detour we had to take at 20 mph as the surface was ...

Perm (fermata utile!)
Sep 30, 2006

... partiamo e quindi forse e un po rischioso andare via da qui per vedere qualcosa fuori, ma vedremo. La fermata a Perm e quindi stata abbastanza inutile :( Anche dopo aver ricaricato il telefono ho scoperto che non ricevo sms quindi se volete scrivermi, ...

Platform kiosk in Russia
Sep 20, 2006 (1 photos)

The photos of the next 6 days are from the train. After a while it started to become obvious that the guards were not going to clean our carriage. It seemed that only first class passengers were entitled to this privelige. Eating and sleeping in the same ...

Transsib - Jour 1
Jun 16, 2006 (5 photos)

La nuit fut etonnament bonne, la couchette est assez confortable. Ce matin les arbres defilent, sapins et bouleaux principalement. Il y a un robinet d'eau bouillante au bout du wagon, ideal pour defaire the, soupe ou nouilles chinoises. Au premier arret ...

Departure of the transsiberian
May 13, 2007 (5 photos)

... same time the real trip is inside with all the people in this compartment: my ticket cost me 70 euro to cross half of the Russia When I woke up I was already in Asia ( after the km1777 from Moscow) During all the trip the km are given from Moscow and ...

Stop over in Novossibirsk
Jun 18, 2007 (5 photos)

... . Mais bon, il est vraiment gentil et m'explique pas mal de choses. C'est d'ailleurs le seul a parler anglais. Il descendra a Perm pour etre remplace par une baboushka attendrissante tellement sa vie a marque son corps et son visage. Elle pleure comme une ...

Perm
Sep 29, 2006

... a questi alberi gialli e rossi mi dispiaceva troppo non poter fermare il treno per scendere a fotografare. Verso sera siamo arrivati a Perm, adesso qui sono 4 ore avanti rispetto all orario svizzero. Qui si vede gia di piu la citta russa, sia come gente ...

Transiberien - La traversee
May 22, 2006 (4 photos)

... du francais chuchotte. Le train passe au dessus de l'immense riviere Kama, et nous arivons a Perm. Je fais mes adieux a Rachel, et vais retrouver mes deux camarades de compartiment. __________________________________________________________________ ...

Train
Aug 2, 2005 (4 photos)

Perm (ultime ore)
Sep 30, 2006 (2 photos)

Ormai visto che qui non c e niente, e allontanarsi diventa pericoloso rischiando di perdere il treno, abbiamo girato un po fuori, fino all esaurimento, e adesso siamo di nuovo in albergo al pc aspettando di cenare qualcosa e poi andare in stazione. ...

From Russia With Love - Part 2
Sep 13, 2006

I've settled down into trainboard routine. Amazingly, I still find I can sleep easily on board. A few surprises; first of all, we get fed. This isn't necessarily a given on this route I understand, and most of the tourists and locals have bags of food for ...

Trans Siberian - Day 1
Sep 18, 2006 (9 photos)

... number 3 which has other people in our group. Raz's cabin has a off duty provodnitsa and good craic doing english/Russia sign language to make conversation. She has enormous bucket of wild berries to eat and shares with all. Good laugh describing the ...

Perm in the Ural mountains
Nov 5, 2006

On the trans siberian train. Just a station visit. See irkutsk entry for my entry on the Trans Siberian and pictures too.

Stopover in Perm
Jun 25, 2005

Stopover in Perm, Kungur Ice Caves

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Oct 9, 2007

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Trans-Siberian
Aug 24, 2006

I have skipped a couple of days here and I will try to give you a brief look at the Trans-Siberian railway. The excitement of being on the rail wears off very fast! The scenery is very nice, trees, fields, rivers - but after 4 days it all looks the same ...