Aba Novokuznetsk

Kuibischewa ul. 8 Novokuznetsk, Siberia, Russian Federation

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Kuznetsk Alatau trekking 2009

A travel blog entry by deviator

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... summer at the foot of the mountains but while going up spring was coming. Globeflowers were bloomed at meadows and near brooklets. I caught a glimpse of some flowered bird cherry trees which generally blossom in May and it was really impressive. We didn't feel cold while hiking up to Shorsky Pass in spite of rain. The Pass is very low and covered by woods. Though for the first time in our journey we saw kurumnik (a stone river) and climbed down slippery boulders with a great care. ...

Trans Siberian Express Part 2

A travel blog entry by danskgirl

... and more trees, not what I expected really but they are lovely trees mainly birch and just at the end of Siberia it gets a bit marshy and flat and out last Siberian stop was at 12:20 in Tyumen (oil capital of Siberia). I was very adverntureous at the next stop that evening in Ekatherenberg where I actually left the platform and went into the station to the wc! (They close the toilets on the train for 15km before and after a town for sanitary ...

Day 8

A travel blog entry by poolman99

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... at the windows directly under overhead power cables might be dangerous so we rinsed it off and got back inside the train. Bristol Steve suggested to me that although our tickets go to Beijing it would be an idea to get off and spend a few days in Mongolia. That would mean having to buy new train tickets from Mongolia to Beijing but I am warming to the idea. Kasja and Malin are all stopping in Ulan Bataar too ...

All aboard the Trans-Siberian Express...

A travel blog entry by amyandmark

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... tea) like football and the girls like Madonna and cheeky Rooslyn asked us how much we earn - to his mother's astonishment.... We resorted to learning the Russian names of extremely useful words like 'flowers' & 'hammer' (both of which I'm sure we'll need in Russia) from little Medeena's picture playing cards. For those of you new to the Cyrillic alphabet, it has 32 letters many of which are completely new shapes or ...

Black wine!

A travel blog entry by ashermj

... corridor, as there were sockets there. I went to keep her company. The compartment door next to the socket was opened there were 3 men inside, one Mongolian in appearance the other two looked Russian. They started to try and talk to us. Our best attempts to communicate were not going too well until Paul walked past. With his Russian phrase book we were invited into the room and quickly established names. Lorraine returned back to the room having charged her phone enough. ...