Best Eastern Taiga Bratsk

A terrible night. For some reason, our Provodnik (guy in charge of looking after the carriage) seems to have turned the heaters in the cabins up to an obscene temperature, making it nigh on impossible to sleep. That was kind of him. Also, he seems to have locked one of the toilets for his own personal use, leaving the 48 of us in the carriage with one toilet between us. You give someone a little bit of power, it goes to their head. I wish I had brought a standard UK gas ...

I just got to Severobaikalsk on the north shore of Lake Baikal. It's a great break after a few long days on the train. I found accommodation in a small wooden dachas near the lake. I haven't done too much outside of hang out at the beach and hike a bit around the cliffs along it's shores. The water is super clear and surprisingly warm too! My hike down to the beach was a bit of fun too ...

Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ Just before Tayshet, Sucha realises that h** cellphone is missing. She shouts a bit, the militsia arrives, they talk for a good half hour. Having difficulties coping with their helpnessness, one of the policemen wants to search all my luggage, c**tainly so that he can say they did something. Although I have received a really good and repeated training with the *****ian customs ...

It's 11:58pm in Moscow train station and our Trans Siberain train leaves in 1 minute although we are nowhere near the platforms, our tour leader is nowhere to be seen and he hasn't got our tickets!! The guy really is an ****. So the time passes and we miss our schedulde train and only by the luck of having our Russian speaking bus driver with him does our hapless tour leader get tickets for the 00:35am train that goes to the same destination in Siberia but arrives about 12 hours later ...

4600 km Moskovasta Kävimme illalla ravintolavaunussa ja söimme lihaa (=tarjoilija hiplaa rannetta) ja perunamuusia (=tarjoilija hakkaa ilmaan) eli kartosh - jotain ja joimme Baltika no. 9:ä. Halusimme borssikeittoa, mutta sitä ei enää ollut. Koko lysti n. RUB 100 per nokka. Ryöväystä? Mietimme kaikenlaista ulkomaanharjoittelusta joidenkien tapaamiemme amerikkalaisten pinnallisuuteen ...