Travel Blog Photos from Semey (23)
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I'm back from Semey in Sub-Siberian Eastern Kazakhstan after around three to four days away from Almaty. That's around 850 Km from Almaty. The weather was definitely colder there. We noticed it had snowed during our trip on the train and the temperature ...
For our 40 hr train journey across Kazakhstan, from Almaty to Novosibirsk in the depths of Siberia, we treated ourselves to first-class tickets. Sounds like a real luxury but in reality it only gives you a little bit more room and means that you don't ...
Here are some more photos. By popular demand.
In Semey, the main attraction was the Dostoevsky museum, attached to the actual house that he occupied during his exile there. The exhibit was quite extensive, but all in Russian (so difficult to understand) but interesting nonetheless. The museum also ...