Prikamie Perm

... reality on the teain, I brought a multi ise sink plug which does the trick. The toilet opens up after you use it and the contents just simply drop on to the tracks they close it whilst at the stations which is a good thing! By the end of today we will have done 1814km thus far out of the 7865km journey. As I said I am looking forward to getting to Mongolia.

... Rucksack und dann noch eine riesengroße karierte Tasche - ganz Russen-Style. Dann war noch das Problem, den Bahnsteig zu finden und die Zeit ist immer knapper geworden. Als wir dann endlich auf der Zielgeraden waren, haben uns ein paar Leute angesprochen, wo wir denn her sind und wohin wir fahren und so weiter. Wir waren eigentlich nicht in der richtigen Stimmung für derartige Konversationen, aber es hat sich herausgestellt, dass die von einem franz ...

... Kaverimme Fen ja Du ovat kylla ihan mahtavia heppuleita. Hopottavat meille kiinaks jotain ja sit kattovat ihmeissaan, et ettekste nyt noin yksinkertaista asiaa tajua. Ne syo ihan helvetin paljon nuudelia. Syo ne kyl kaikkee ihmeellistakin kanan varpaista alkaen ja tarjoovat aina meillekkin. Ulkonaosta riippuen joko maistan tai en. Annika tietysti ei, jaa paitsi kurkkua. Huomaatteko miten jannaa. Syomista... Kirjoittelen kohan on jotain asiaa. Pistanpa kuvia nyt ainakin.

How many drunk people can you fit on a train? That is the question we were all asking ourselves on the train journey from Irkutsk to Perm. And poor Jessica and Carsten, as it was mostly in and around their cabin. We just had the gassy lady to contend with, he he! We are really glad we stopped off in Perm, even though we were advised against it by a guy we met in Irkutsk. We loved Perm. It has a really good atmosphere and is actually quite a vibrant little town. Plus it ...

Hello again We've moved onto Perm now, which in Soviet Times was a restricted city, even to Russian citizens, and never appeared on any maps!!!! This was due to a huge (and I mean HUGE) tank/cannon/rocket making factory located in the city. Military staff weren't allowed to leave the city either whilst they were serving, for fear of revealing secrets. Spent today out at Perm 36, a former Gulag prison camp, that started life in the ...

... quick learner, unlike merlin. We soon realised that the air conditioning didn't work in our carridge and on one day the temperature reached 36c, after a day of this we had had enough and we ventured out up the train to see if there were any other english speakers on board and also to find the restraunt cart. We met 3 lovely girls Sophia,Julia and kate and we ended up playing scrabble in there air conditioned carridge. When we finally got to the ...

... Shops are anonymous outside and so we visited quite a few electrical, tea and tobacco shops before we finally found a blank faced supermarket to replenish our food supplies. Today we set off on the route to Perm and industrial city 400 km west. The roads were dreadful and one detour we had to take at 20 mph as the surface was like ...

I've settled down into trainboard routine. Amazingly, I still find I can sleep easily on board. A few surprises; first of all, we get fed. This isn't necessarily a given on this route I understand, and most of the tourists and locals have bags of food for the trip. The food is actually OK, in a Russian kind of way, grilled chicken or fish with mash or pasta seems to be the order of the day, and I've also got ...

Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ Entry in French Je suis en voiture 1, juste derriere la locomotive. Rachel est en 10, en Platzkartny. Une bonne occasion d'aller voir a quoi ca ressemble, et de traverser le train de part en part. C'est ce que j'entreprend. Outre le fait de se deplacer dans un univers unidimensonnel (la ligne droite), ce qui me frappe c'est le changement d ...

... themselves with the Fuji FInePix. Firstly, a piece of dust has found its way into the lens mechanism and now leaves a blotchy watermark on any landscape photo I take. Booo. Secondly, the mode lever has malfunctioned so I can only take Auto focus pictures with it - no video or special setting photos (e.g. 3 second exposures) are now possible). Since it's less than four months old this is a little disappointing ...