Perm-afrost
2018年3月26日, ロシア ⋅ 🌬 0 °C
Perm 2 is the last stop in Europe. By the time we wake in the morning we'll have passed Yekaterinberg and be over the border to Asia.
It also the first place where the snow lies uncleared on theもっと詳しく
Perm 2 is the last stop in Europe. By the time we wake in the morning we'll have passed Yekaterinberg and be over the border to Asia.
It also the first place where the snow lies uncleared on theもっと詳しく
The border between Europe and Asia. We're in the dark, while invisible men crash about making lots of noise preparing to leave.
Seems oddly familiar.
But we know where we're we're going. We have aもっと詳しく
The Trans Siberian handbook is written with train enthusiasts in mind. So the remarks about points of interest along the route include not only historical and geological features (and which town isもっと詳しく
Sadly, we don't also go through Tomsk.
I'd planned to tale a photo of the Novosibirsk sign, but it was 1 in the morning and cold. I stayed in bed.
Woke still in the birch zone, but with decidedly thinning snow. Rivers are still frozen - solid enough for ice fishers to set their chairs out mid stream.
My time keeping system had reset itselfもっと詳しく
Illanskaya, according to the guidebook, is one of the best stations to buy home cooked food from the platform traders. It turns out they are no longer allowed on the platforms, but lined up behind aもっと詳しく
Irkutsk is the closest stop to Lake Baikal. The train has emptied - locals presumably going to the city, tourists are seeing the lake and then changing to the Mongolia train. Nobody got on, so ourもっと詳しく