Ali Hotel Khabarovsk

It has been two years since I visited Khabarovsk. I used to spend quite a bit of time there, because my best friend, Antonina lived there and still does. It used to be a sanctuary, from fighting the Russian beast, setting up traveler's itineraries, which would always change, cost more, etc. but how I loved the Russians themselves. Khabarovsk almost exemplifies the character of the inhabitants of East Russia. The town has been beautified in and out, but it is still ...

Nous voila officiellement dans la region de l'extreme orient russe, nous avons quitter la siberie en passant la bourgade de Amazar. A Khabarovsk nous n'avons pas trouve de couchsurfeur disponible, nous logeons donc pour une nuit a l'hotel. Soit dit au passage, les prix dans cette ville ont tous double (au minimum) depuis le passage du guide Lonely planet en 2005... les hotels, les hot dogs, ou les musees ! La ville est tres vallonee, et en ...

... jo fått noen spesielle øyeblikk på reisen. En god smak av russisk vodka, drikke øl av 1-liters bokser, gomle på rå fisk, gris og masse frø.. Foruten å bli kjent med masse folk som ikke vet hva Pink Floyd, The Doors eller Led Zeppelin er(tror du jeg var frustrert?) Hva kan man si om en tur på den transsibirske toglinjen.. Først og fremst, for oss nordmenn er nok utsikten litt oppskrytt. Det skal sies at vi dessverre passerte gjennom Ural-fjellene på natten men ellers er naturen ganske s ...

Koncno sva zacela pot s Transibirsko zeleznico, ki sva se je toliko casa veselila. Za prvi neprekinjen del voznje sva se odlocila za del zeleznice od Vladivostoka do Chite, kar skupaj znasa 3090 km. Na vlaku sva tako prezivela neprekinjeno 56 ur, kar je ze kar pravi preizkus zivcev ter telesa. Zaradi tega, ker je bila prva voznja za naju tudi najdaljsa na celotni poti, sva se namestila v drugem razredu in ne v tretjem, kakor bova v krajsih skokih nadaljevala pot. Drugi ...

... la tenuta ufficiale della Transiberiana. Pantaloni della tuta, meglio se con bande laterali stile Adidas, e maglietta con scritte in inglese senza senso. C'e' poi un'altra corrente di pensiero, che definirei rivoluzionaria, che professa il culto del petto nudo e bermuda, possibilmente di colori fastidiosi e di almeno due taglie piu' grandi del necessario. E' tenuto in grande considerazione anche il fatto di scendere dal treno alle fermate in queste condizioni ...

April 27, Sunday Orthodox Easter, Train No.5 - Khabarovsk I have a restless sleep ( the rocking of the train makes me dream a lot) and Sandra is jetlagged so has been up since 230am. I woke up at 6am and continued reading my book until the sun started coming up. With the sun rising, the harsh land of Siberia becomes visible. All you see for miles is taiga( similar to a Tundra) and birch trees. What was amazing though is the ...

... at the train station. This is not as easy as one thinks as NO ONE speaks English nor Japanese for that matter. We first tried the Service Center at the train station as according to the guide books, it will make buying tickets a pleasant experience. But of course, just as what the guide books warn you about, they were on one of their 15 minute breaks. So we did some sightseeing for about 20 minutes (our first Lenin statue, the ...

... and finally the they found picture of him i could identify, and when i left they told they where going to arrest him, he was well known from the police, for lots of different crimes. Anyway i've got my bag back and the most important the visa for China... I had the chance to meet Klavdiya, who was my translator, and she introduce me to her good friend Dasha, and both of them were a great help. Anastasia also my host ...

... and everything that was possible to eat around After few days the life in the train is organized, the woman and the mute Russian, were eating first and then it was our turn with Oleg to eat between to chess game of the international world moving chess tournament. The place to eat is on the bed below and as we were on the beds up with Oleg, we were going each time on the beds of our 2 ...

... something else planned, and soon another pair, who were far too pale to be Russian, were seated with us. Kate and Peter were English who had planned to also take the Trans-Siberian Railway to Moscow. We became friends straight away and, along with the German, Udo, we became a Famous Five of sorts. We enjoyed beers, Uno, and various other card games, and jokes and discussions over the 40-hour ferry ride. The most fun part of the journey to ...