RosjaPerm KraiZheleznodorozhnyySvetlushka58°0’15” N 56°11’40” E
26 marca 2018, Rosja ⋅ 🌬 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 Czytaj więcej
RosjaSverdlovskaya Oblast’YekaterinburgYekaterinburg-Passazhirskiy56°51’33” N 60°36’19” E 27 marca 2018, Rosja ⋅ 🌬 -1 °C
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 Czytaj więcej
RosjaTyumenStantsiya Tyumen’57°8’45” N 65°31’14” E 27 marca 2018, Rosja ⋅ ⛅ -1 °C
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 Czytaj więcej
RosjaTyumenskaya Oblast’Nikol’skiy56°16’49” N 68°56’13” E
27 marca 2018, Rosja ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
In the early hours of this morning we crossed into Siberia. The temperature also rose to just above freezing, but you'd never know it by looking out of the window. Inside the train it is 28°C. Czytaj więcej
RosjaOmskaya Oblast’Nazyvayevsk55°34’10” N 71°20’59” E
27 marca 2018, Rosja ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
RosjaOmskaya Oblast’Privokzal’nyyStantsiya Omsk-Passazhirskiy54°56’30” N 73°23’14” E
27 marca 2018, Rosja ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C
Sadly, we don't also go through Tomsk.
RosjaNovosibirskaya Oblast’Zaton55°2’8” N 82°53’45” E 27 marca 2018, Rosja ⋅ ⛅ -1 °C
I'd planned to tale a photo of the Novosibirsk sign, but it was 1 in the morning and cold. I stayed in bed.
RosjaKrasnoyarskiy KrayBogotol56°13’10” N 89°32’49” E
28 marca 2018, Rosja ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
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 Czytaj więcej
RosjaKrasnoyarskiy KraySulemka56°12’46” N 96°22’9” E
28 marca 2018, Rosja ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
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 Czytaj więcej
RosjaIrkutskaya Oblast’Mel’nikovoStantsiya Irkutsk-Passazhirskiy52°16’58” N 104°15’37” E
29 marca 2018, Rosja ⋅ 🌙 -1 °C
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 Czytaj więcej
