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Days 25 to 29: On the Trans-Manchurian train
... 8217;t care if there is an unscheduled stop for 30min in the middle of nowhere as you still have 5000km of journey to make the time back up (and you do!). The added bonus being that there isn’t a bloody replacement bus service in sight! Awesome, simply awesome.
We had been sitting on the train for a wee while watching various mysterious landmarks pass by before we realised that, if you press your face to the window glass (you can’t open the windows on this train), ...
The long haul.
... two women, which were not related despite the fact that they nattered to each other constantly the whole time they were awake. The first lady was the classical overaged couger - over done stiff blond hair, bright makeup and gaudy young clothing; the other was the woman-whale - a heavily obese woman who wobbled all over when she laughed, but generally just huffed at us and rolled from sitting to standing and snored terribly. Neither of them spoke any ...
Log Scale Journeys Continue
Last night after a half-day rest holed up in a room of Hotel Vostok - a renovated ex-Soviet office block monstrosity near the centre of Tyumen - I caught the midnight train coming from Moscow to Tynda. I'm going as far as Severobaikalsk but that's 60 hours enough for one journey man.
In the hotel lobby checking out I realised my train didn't leave for another few hours. I got them to order me a ...
Still on the Trans Siberian Train....
... destination – we said yes so they left, leaving only their large luggage stored under the bed. Score. We were well awake at this point despite it still being dark. We got up and watched a movie – Cemetery Junction written by Ricky Gervais and Steven Merchant thinking it would be a bit of lighthearted fun, it wasn’t it was about a depressing little town in England in the early 70’s. As it got lighter we peered out the window at the ...
The Trans Siberian Train continues...
... brushed teeth and was ready to go. The train came to a stop and we made a last minute decision to get off. We bought some more noodles at an extremely inflated price – usually 18 roubles at the supermarket but 45 roubles on the platform. I couldn’t find my hoodie so I was just wearing a T-shirt and a wrap, needles to say I didnt last long on the platform. Back in the warmth Gareth and I watched Thirteen Days, a movie we downloaded at ...
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