Perm
Travel Blogs from Perm, Russian Federation
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Trans-Mongolian Express: Day 2
... restaurant car. When I returned an hour or so later, after eating poached eggs burnt into a metal skillet served by a large, rotund russian lady with pigtails and gold teeth, Vinny had woken up. And he was giving me the look we have that means "I've ...
Technotrekker Travel Technologies - FULL LIST
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 ...
Starting out from Moscow
... dashed fir our train. The first leg of our trans siberian adventure begins! Our tickets had us sleeping in different areas but a young Russian spoke some English and he was happy to swap seats. Wed have to do this a few more times as each passenger ...
Bouddhisme et monts Oural
... ou? _ D'OUDMOURTIE." Au moins, c'est dit. Une journee chez les "buddiyskis" de l'Oural La pluie nous force a prendre le bus jusqu'a Perm, grosse ville un peu tristoune dans laquelle Mark et Vika, qui ont deja parcouru les 3/4 de leur region en VTT, nous ...
Straight hair on Trans-Siberian shenanigans
... was shared with a young Russian couple, Dmitry, 23, and Oksana, 19, newly married couple and pregnant. Very nice Russian couple, engaging and interested in speaking to us in English. Aside from Richard, a friendly American traveling from Moscow to ...
In Perm now....the hidden city
Hello again We've moved onto Perm now, which in Soviet Times was a restricted city, even to Russian citizens, and never appeared on any maps!!!! This was due to a huge (and I mean HUGE) tank/cannon/rocket making factory located in ...
Trans-Manchurian, day 1
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
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
... 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!)
... sera 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 ...
Kungur
... near the hostel, we had a drink in an outside cafe, overlooking the little pebble beach, the bridge, trees and the typically Russian ornate churches that are dotted around. We have decided to call this place “charming” and ...
Platform kiosk in Russia
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 ...
Transsib - Jour 1
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 ...
Departure of the transsiberian
Here we are departure of the transsiberian from Moscow to Baikal Lac After a departure a quite difficult due to a little cold or some food from the day before, i finally went to my bed and spent the 9 first hours sleeping like a stone. When I woke ...
Trans-Siberian Journey: N.-Novgorod - Yekaterinbur
... the so known Siberia. Siberia is almost all of Northern Asia and currently the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation. An obelisk is erected 37km west of Yekaterinburg along the Trans-Siberian rail line to indicate this border. ...
Perm
... mezzo 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 ...
Transiberien - La traversee
... 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. __________________________________________________________________ ...
Stop over in Novossibirsk
... . 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 (ultime ore)
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
... chicken or fish with mash or pasta seems to be the order of the day, and I've also got quite hooked on sweet black Russian tea. The train is religiously on time to every station, where everyone jumps off for a stretch and the locals are hawking food ...
Perm in the Ural mountains
On the trans siberian train. Just a station visit. See irkutsk entry for my entry on the Trans Siberian and pictures ...
Viikko tien paalla
Paiva alkoi makeiden unien paalle paremmin kuin kuukausiin. Menin nukkumaan 00:00 ja herasin klo13:30. Edistysta. Elo junassa on erikoista. Tsajua saa tankata loputtomiin kunhan on omat pussit mukana, Kuumaa vetta tihkuu samovaarista ja kaikea pienta ...
Back in the USSR...
... banks of the Kama river, Perm was settled as a major trading town and is now the thirteenth largest city in the Russian Federation. I spent my first day exploring the historic town center by following the "green trail". Similar to Boston's ...
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