Vladivostok, Russian Federation Travel Blogs

A 10 year reunion of old friends
Mar 15, 2006 (25 photos)

It's not without a little trepidation that I arrive in Vladivostok; a previously closed focal port city of Russia; to visit my twin penpals whom I haven't seen for a good decade. Quick background: We were 14 and 12 respectively in Japan participating in a ...

The Land of Artifiial Smiles
Jun 21, 2009

Set on top of rolling hills was about all the charm Vladivostok had.  Another gloomy day with fog so dense that a view from the bay was impossible.  My tour guide showed me around the many war memorials and museums.  Nothing terribly ...

Last Visit =0(
Apr 20, 2006 (36 photos)

... with these overwhelming feelings and hopefully we can help each other through it. This will probably be my last entry from Vladivostok as I leave for Moscow in the morning. We may be leaving real early since another snow storm is coming over night. ...

Cruising Sea of Japan
Sep 26, 2007

... rising.  I looked around then for a handicapped toilet.....they were the same! I didn't tell you that in the Gymnasium in the Russian town, we were greeted at the gate to the school by two little girls. Ahhhh, what cute kids.  I asked them if I ...

Vladivostok (map pin)
Jul 7, 2008

A little taster of Russia so far...

Mother Russia
Jun 19, 2009

... brides that I realized that Russain women were quite the lookers. So after a 30+ hour plane trip from SFO-TOKYO-SEOUL-VLADIVOSTOK I am finally here.  The experience has been surreal starting from my first steps off the plane.  As we got off the ...

From Harbin ( China)
Dec 23, 2007

... they told me ) about 3.5 million people, we all have different way of seeing things :) I met Nicolai in the bus, very good Russian man with who we spend this few days together here. We met Yu Song Ye from Shangai and he was a great help for many ...

3rd time is the charm
Apr 19, 2006 (21 photos)

Good afternoon everyone. Today was a great day. I woke up 5:45 and realized I am officially on Vlad time. Should be interesting when I get back and try and readjust. The morning here was bitterly cold and it was sprinkling. I did my video diary ...

End of the long (rail)road
Sep 30, 2007

... the Chinese, who I encountered at nearly every sightseeing spot). While it isn't perhaps Russia's most beautiful city architecturally, Vladivostok does win some serious points for its setting. It's been said before that the city is the Russian answer ...

Finally we meet.
Apr 17, 2006 (5 photos)

... met by our translators and we headed out separately to the Department of Education. There we were interviewed and given our Official Russian documentation required to visit the children. It was a quick interview; I am not sure why I was so nervous. Once ...

Sweet and sour takeway
Sep 10, 2008

... to me, in an act of Olympic generosity, the 'incident' occurred at 9am, September 4, on the N25 between Harbin and Vladivostok, carriage 21, cabin III. I was the only passenger. There are thousands of these knives in Xinjiang, it is a village industry. ...

2nd Visit
Apr 18, 2006 (25 photos)

Day Two, This morning I actually slept in... until 4am. I was able to dose off again until 6:45am. I feel like a new person. After my morning shower, I went for a quick walk around the hotel. It was a quick walk, because it was REALLY cold out. I ...

Finally in Vladivostok
Apr 16, 2006

All well here. We were greeted by our translator and coordinators. They are GREAT! I felt so gross meeting them when I had not had a shower for 2 days. They were so sweet about it, saying we looked great. Kinda scary since we knew better! Have met ...

Vladivostok
Jun 30, 2006 (14 photos)

... food I highly recommended it!! My hotel has also been the best on the trip being located on a hill facing the Pacific. There's this great breakfast room/bar which you can sit in and watch the sunset. Vladivostok's such a nice and refreshing place!

Vladivostok
Mar 2, 2009 (15 photos)

... mesto Suifenhe, kjer sva kupila drago karto za avtobusno preckanje meje ter nato na avtobusu za majhno doplacilo prispela v Vladivostok. Preckanje nekdaj hermeticno zaprte meje je potekalo brez tezav in ker izgledava dokaj podobno Rusom, sva imela celo ...

Vladivostok
Dec 19, 2007

... definite, maybe find a job somewhere in China, or keep traveling, and come back in the spring next year to China and work. Vladivostok reminds me of a city like Monaco or Monte Carlo, we just need more girls with bikini, but they told me to come back ...

Life Without a Scratch
Jun 23, 2009

... the window.  No words were spoken.  And for the first time in a long time I felt a loneliness.  I didn't speak Russian, nor they any English.  I tried to speak to them using my Russian phrase book, but they however did not match my ...

Russia
Sep 26, 2007 (63 photos)

... the cutest, vibrant, young women I have experienced in such jobs.  One spoke English passingly well, the other giggled a lot.  Vladivostok is not one of the prime cruise stops.  In fact, we were the only cruise ship in this year.  It ...

Terminus Vladivostok
May 26, 2007 (18 photos)

After at least 200 hours of train from Murmansk, I ve finally arrived to Vladivostok That`s a long trip but with the sleeping period and the everybody that you met in the train, the time is flying and finally you arrive quicker that what you should have ...

VISA for Russia from Europe and Mongolia
Dec 19, 2007

... .org/rusvisa.html#tourist for the number 5 about: individual travler that you need Confirmation of hotel arrangements from authorized Russian travel company, this is not necessary. for the invitatin letter i advice you to don't go threw a hostel ...

Capolinea
May 26, 2008 (24 photos)

... a Mosca ormai tre settimane fa. Do un'occhiata alla vecchia locomotiva di inizio Novecento, parcheggiata nella stazione di Vladivostok, monumento alla Transiberiana. Prima di avviarmi in citta', lancio un ultimo sguardo al Treno: non ho molto da dirgli, ...

Mummies Little Cosmonauts Observations on Life!
Dec 3, 2006

... When I walked into the dining car I was blown away. This group of Anglo-Saxon thugs was everything I ever thought/wanted the Russian mob to look like! Picture this, they were sporting white track suits with gator skin boots. All 4 of them where sitting ...

Dirty, tired, and still in Russia
Aug 8, 2005 (5 photos)

... snack. Drank too much beer. Don't remember going to sleep. Day 6 There is no sense of time anymore. Changed watch to Vladivostok time, +7 hours ahead of Moscow. Technically woke up at 4 am today. I just want to sleep until the train ends. I'm ...

Vladivostok (fr+en)
Apr 6, 2009 (7 photos)

... mis a jour aussi regulierement, vu que nous nous laisserons porter par nos envies plus que par des billets de train. We are now in Vladivostok and it seems weird to think that we are in the end of our continent ! The town was really foggy while we were ...

Vladivostok
Feb 26, 2008 (58 photos)

... (Golden Horn) bay and built the barracks, it was the first building in the Vladivostok. Soon after that Vladivostok became the main Russian port on the Pacific ocean. Vladivostok is definitely a seaport. Most of the people are somehow connected with the ...

Off to Vladivostok, first stop Zarubino
Mar 9, 2006 (16 photos)

... 2nd and 1st class however. I met Mimi, a Korean girl who was doing the Trans Siberian trip alone, she was leaving from Vladivostok and then traveling through Europe as well. She is a brave gal seeing as she is doing it alone and with not being able to ...

Neues Moskau, altes Russland
Jan 14, 2008 (5 photos)

Die kleine Siedlung heißt Neues Moskau. Neues Moskau liegt elf Stunden vom eigentlichen Moskau entfernt, neun Stunden mit dem Flugzeug nach Wladiwostok, und von da zwei Stunden mit dem Auto. Hier leben 140 Menschen, und wer sie besuchen kommt, erlebt ...

8/20/09 - It's Raining, but finally a good hotel!
Aug 20, 2009

... the hill. Nice view and nice hotel for sure. I'd recommend it for anyone that just happens to be in Vladivostok. I should also note one thing, don't come to Russian if you're in a wheel chair. There's absolutely no ramps and few elevators. It was quite the ...

Auf den Spuren der Geschichte
Jan 15, 2008 (5 photos)

... hoch im Norden, "hatten wir einen Lager mit 15 Tausend Häftlingen, und einer wunderbaren Produktion". Diese Häftlinge wurden aus Vladivostok mit Schiffen in die Taiga gebracht, man brauchte keine Bewachung, denn die Flucht war unmöglich, überall nur Wald. ...

8/21/09 - Very Nice City I gotta say
Aug 21, 2009 (24 photos)

Last Day of Vacation! Never thought I'd put an exclamation point on something like that, but it's definitely time to go home. I'm still open to doing long trips, but not by myself again. In either case it was still a good trip overall. Today was an ...