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From Moscow to Beijing by train. Part Two : Across Siberia
So here is the second thread where I post some of the pics that I took during the transcontinental trip I did last summer.
As a reminder, the link to the first thread about Moscow :http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/newt...ewthread&f=321 The train journey from Moscow to Irkoutsk lasted four nights and three days. It was very strange because as we went on towards east, we crossed five time zones, so each day, we changed of time zone. Nevertheless, in the train and in the stations all along the Transsiberian, the time is always fixed on Moscow. The train left Moscow at night (at about 01:00AM). After a terrible first night in the train, I woke up and all I could see was... forests. Birch forests : 1- http://imgur.com/KXlxU.jpg 2- Forests ! http://imgur.com/b2dcs.jpg 3- And some other trains : http://imgur.com/2BRyn.jpg 4- http://imgur.com/7bWaJ.jpg 5- http://imgur.com/7A1Kk.jpg 6- My room for four nights. I shared it with a French-Swiss man and a Russian family. I slept on the top left bed. http://imgur.com/p09AI.jpg 7-Vladislav, my russian roommate, showing me his dinner : http://imgur.com/EWTHQ.jpg 8- Outskirts of Perm : http://imgur.com/EyWuB.jpg 9- Night is falling on our first day in the Transsiberian. Here is the Kama river : http://imgur.com/zJpL9.jpg 10- Stopping at Perm : http://imgur.com/fAV7m.jpg 11- A dog (sabaka) in the Perm train station : http://imgur.com/MmHQf.jpg 12- Our Provodnitsa : http://imgur.com/pQDct.jpg 13- http://imgur.com/Whntq.jpg 14- Second day in the train. We've crossed the Oural muntains during the night. We're officially in ASIA !!!!!!!! http://imgur.com/MRPJS.jpg 15- First impression of Siberia behind the dirty windows of the train : http://imgur.com/ujtYV.jpg 16- http://imgur.com/7VnZ3.jpg 17- Skies of Siberia : http://imgur.com/V4ujj.jpg 18- http://imgur.com/rxZEo.jpg 19- http://imgur.com/bbLb3.jpg 20- http://imgur.com/sQkRg.jpg 21- Arriving at Omsk : http://imgur.com/o2RNI.jpg 22- Crossing the Irtych river : http://imgur.com/W1fGu.jpg 23- http://imgur.com/TjjDJ.jpg 24- http://imgur.com/LWmFH.jpg 25- http://imgur.com/iVcJO.jpg 26- Along the transsiberian we see a lot of industrial buildings or huge silos which seem more or less abandoned : http://imgur.com/1XcHg.jpg 27- The vast emptiness of the siberian prairies : http://imgur.com/Bn04b.jpg 28- Houses : http://imgur.com/Tr6yZ.jpg 29- http://imgur.com/fDrTy.jpg 30- http://imgur.com/wJrV0.jpg 31- Stopping at Novossibirsk in the middle of the night, after nine vodkas. We were not very clear anymore... http://imgur.com/cqSLu.jpg 32- Third day on the train : http://imgur.com/6TdSs.jpg 33- http://imgur.com/qbrGe.jpg 34- http://imgur.com/FbWJL.jpg 35- Arriving at Krasnoyarsk : http://imgur.com/PAEIE.jpg 36- http://imgur.com/2JcoN.jpg 37- Me, taking the pose at Krasnoyarsk : http://imgur.com/hWWZ7.jpg 38- Our train : http://imgur.com/lrP8x.jpg 39- http://imgur.com/F0pfH.jpg 40- http://imgur.com/usVSN.jpg 41- http://imgur.com/4b789.jpg 42- http://imgur.com/SbOWK.jpg 43- Leaving Krasnoyarsk... it's raining ! http://imgur.com/kFNYz.jpg 44- http://imgur.com/hQjPr.jpg 45- http://imgur.com/mAtHd.jpg 46- Blue sky is back ! http://imgur.com/IqKe3.jpg 47- Another stop in some city of Siberia... here are russian militaries : http://imgur.com/VT0FS.jpg 48-Buying some food for the end of the journey : http://imgur.com/4NMFP.jpg 49- http://imgur.com/meqsl.jpg 50- Another stop again... in the middle of our last night in the train before Irkoutsk http://imgur.com/XQ24E.jpg 51- Fourth day in the train, we're approaching Irkoutsk : http://imgur.com/j6P86.jpg 52- http://imgur.com/xTZKk.jpg 53- Irkoutsk train station : http://imgur.com/lRXH2.jpg 54- http://imgur.com/k64S3.jpg 55- http://imgur.com/YQ2Xh.jpg 56- Welcome to Russia ! http://imgur.com/eJlBo.jpg Next step : Irkoutsk and the Baikal lake ! |
Makes me want to get over there and do that tomorrow, awesome!
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Amazing! Can't wait for the next installment!
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This is a trip I REALLY REALLY would like to do some day.
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sweet! keep them coming
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Thats really out in the middle of nowhere, I bet the ride was absolutely amazing.
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Wow, this must have been a awesome trip!
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What a fantastic experience.
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Some day, some day. I'm very jealous, nice pictures. If you have a clearer, or larger, one of that train engine I could read the sign and let you know what it was. I'm kind of curious.
I'm curious about the guys in camouflage in #55 ... Homeless? Poachers or hunters? Just your normal everyday folk headed out into the forest to gather mushrooms? Fascinating. |
That's one looong train trip in a room so packed... hats off to you sir..
Looks very interesting though, so thanks for sharing! |
That looks like an incredible trip. Im jealous :tup:
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I am thoroughly enjoying this!
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Very nice tour, I lingered over these pics for quite a while. Thanks! |
Nice trip but IMO you can't see too much in a train trip. Especially in the former Eastern Block the trains pass through ugly areas and the train stations are the worst places in a city. At least that was my conclusion after some trips in Romania, Bulgaria and Poland (the best places there were far away from the rails and train stations)
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I remember last April I was wondering what I would do during the summer. Then I thought "Hey why not cross Eurasia ?"... and three months later I was in the Transsiberian. And I don't regret it ! Quote:
About the guys in camouflage... well I can't answer your questions. Quote:
And, you don't have to stay in the room all the day. You can move in the train, go visit your "neighbors" in the other compartments, go eat some overpriced food and drink some cheap (but bad) vodka in the restaurant car. Moreover the train stops several times a day. The stops last from 2 minutes up to 30 minutes... so you can walk around during these stops. There are always women who sell some food to the passengers in the train stations. Coming next : Part Three : Baikal lake and Irkoutsk. Part Four : Mongolia, Ulan Bator and the Gobi desert. Part Five : China. |
These are great. Probably the most fascinating journey to ever be documented on SSP City photos.
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Wow very cool. I want to do this.
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Nice! I am a russian linguist and would love to take this trip and use the language. Good stuff man.
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Good job. I'll keep checking back for the rest.
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sin palabras
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