THE SIBERIAN. STORIES OF RUSIA

In Russia officials are omnipresent. There is always some piece of paper to validate or cuсar. From what I know usually female sergeant with a bad host to check for back. But what is surprising is that the woman who I control the passport to entry…. Fuck, I think it is the same as was in the office after! And the same in the picture, who is attending in the window where we try to buy the train ticket from Moscow to Yekaterinburg…There we were all four of the community, and after a half hour queue in which just fighting with all, because anything goes in queues in Russia and just when it was our turn RUSKI NIET said PARRUSKI ! or something, closed the louvered and it seems it was to eat.

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2007 @ 21/08/2007 at 16:50 wrote:Hello Josan !Now in the Siberian and we walk on the road. You if you sabes.La Siberian image we have of the film is clбsico: an old train crossing large areas covered nieve.Cuentanos what your eyes see the ventana.Ahora atravйs rains around here, feet hopefully we can withstand all Paco-Hei travesнa.Saludos …continue your huellas.Besos Santiagueros. Belen and Sandra


MOSCOW METRO

Around the Kremlin we can find (photograph even if you have enough money) with such illustrious figures as Lenin , Leonid Brezhnev, Joseph Stalin or Vladimir Putin mismisimo.

HIGH LEVEL TALKS

Putin works overtime to end their obligations Prime Minister, and negotiates hard his image rights. At the end there was no way to come down from 300 rubles, about 9 euros, take a picture for us. Pictured diplomatic talks.

RUSSIA. CATHEDRAL OF SAINT BASIL

The colorful St. Basil's Cathedral, in the middle of Red Square in Moscow.

RUSSIAN ANTONIADILLA

This is the small group that got together for adventure Siberian. Jose Antonio, Antonio Jose, Esther and Jose Antonio. Missing in the photo Alberto, with whom we met in Itkursk.

A Antonio Jose, “Tono” I put it in my face that Venezuelan writing that deals with life scripts. Is the person who wrote the scripts for the soap opera desktop and evenings writes the scripts of life at least mine. The first time I got into the internet to find something I immediately Siberian appeared lonely planet forum it was in your ad:

I am looking for people to do the Siberian starting on 10 August (just the date I wanted!) email unvaleciano @ nosequé (incredible!) A folksy and funny guy as they come, seasoned traveler has used one of his last bullet to travel before you cut the queue…

By Jose Antonio, I already speak, the orange, Color this that pursues. A Leonardo da Vinci of our century, of the os and speak in: http://www.flogup.com/epr/238287I just anyadire he's a wizard to dispel the cards and pull rabbits out of the hat, getting our wagon is the attraction of all train ninya, and that is a teddy duenyo traveler who will make photographs in all the famous places in the world.

And Esther, good, how to say. Our goal was to find a Ruski mus (Russian husband), and thus the offering were found as potential candidate, but in the end seems to love, always moody, did not arise… Thanks to this lovely and pretty girl the journey has been much more fun, With whom we had gotten over such long distances? A kiss bonbon!With Alberto just share 2 or 3 days. The more aware among us, spoke Russian and thanks to this extranya ability among other things we were able to know that ususally in restaurantes.Chicos, I've had very good with you!

RUSSIA. ITKURSK, THE CITY OF GOOD TIAS

La unica explicacion puede venir de la siguiente anecdota. Por lo que nos cuenta Elena,cuando piden un visado y se hacen pasaporte, the girls choose the photos that go uglier. According reads as you are more likely to grant it because the pretty ones are more danger they marry and do not return.

It makes you want to stay and live here. But I say in August, in January and the 40 degrees below zero reaching here think that would change your mind.

THE SIBERIAN

In Itkursk, Deep Siberia. I think if you throw it a dart at a world map and earth would do it fall in here. Winter reach the 40 degrees below zero.

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LiliMarleen @ 01/09/2007 at 21:29 wrote:Hey honey, I see that you spend it very well, but as always you seem obsessed with what the bad weather, you'd have to know that everything has a positive, tambiçen very low temperatures… I'm in La Coruña, SOLA, you know what decision I made then…Big kiss!


MORE ABOUT THE TRANS-SIBERIAN

More photos of the Siberian. In total, the way from Moscow to Beijing has led some 160 hours and cost us about 450 euros.

We stopped 4 days in Moscow, one in Yekaterinburg, 5 in Itkursk including two on Lake Baikal, and 10 in Ulan Bator, including two in a camp of gers (tents of the nomads). I'll stay 5 days in Beijing to finish the journey.

The day 5, and again I will train to Laos, and the trip would take me another two days at least.

Although it seems that you will not ever get, we have shown that going east comes a time when just the steppes, forests and plains. And the feeling of having crossed love. At night I peered into the open window and empty landscapes guess people; and there were still parading day.

Despite what they said, the journey not made us hard in no time, even after 58 hour train which would arrive gave us more grief than anything else by the people we had met and life so enjoyable that is mounted in the cars. Do charrete in your wagon, read a while, you go to the restaurant wagon, know new people, into the compartment just drinking vodka, and so the hours go by.

Occasionally the train to,sometimes for half an hour, and it's time to walk down and make the purchase to the various vendors who go there. Many people we met on the train. The kids went crazy with Jose Antonio, us to his magic tricks.

On one occasion we become to 13 Spanish on a train, and it showed. But we made a lot of friends with a group of students who lived in the “Party coupe” (compartment of the party), among themselves “the Trout”, in the picture with me, mental one the most horny sissy.

As to the stops we made, Moscow except the one we've always had walked into town. In the hospital Yekaterimburg met Katrina and Lisa; we stay in Itkursk Lena, the Hospitality Club speaketh later. In Ulan Bator we were lucky to be with Rafa, Spanish and Valencian the only resident in Mongolia. And in Beijing, Today I hope to meet with Olga, the girl Pekin Daily. Everyone deserves separate chapter.

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florent @ 02/09/2007 at 21:40 wrote:hello Antiono, it's Florent santiago.How path are you doinf ? Seems that you'r back is fine and you finally Travelled again it's great…Virginie and I we have finished ell camino 2 weeks ago after 2000 Km by feet a wonderful experience….hope your are fine. see youour email : florentvirginie@gmail.com

“HOSPITALITY CLUB”

El “Hospitality club” es el mejor invento del hombre tras la rueda y el lavavajillas.

Consiste en una web en la que tu te puedes ofrecer para enseñar tu ciudad, llevar de marcha y si quieres hospedar a viajeros que lo soliciten.

In http://www.hospitalityclub.org/ just having some kind of guestbook, donde tus hospedados hablan de como se lo han pasado. Likewise you can choose from a range of possible guidelines and hospitaleros when you go to any city in the huge round stone.

This makes everything much more we stayed Lena Itkursk facil.En, we came to pick up the station. So at home just the four tucked, as Alberto did not stay, sleeping on mattresses on the floor.

Lena speaks Spanish, Argentina is a love and hobby are ballroom dancing, and of course especially Argentine tango.

His other hobby is to bring travelers to their home, read all pay, them meals, weekend for him and ahi…, from Us to mi that draws on Poco de los muchos here to go. Tampoco hay to be Rappel adivinarlo.

Lena on them all organized visits. He only problem with tennis ella es una seemed to him army sergeant. Le missing hacernos form for them tomorrow. One, the, one, the !!! I imagine the pace setting it to them staying with them that mas intimate. Y al final puntuandoles !!!

LA VIDA ES DURA IN RUSSIA

Los prices are expensive, perfectly comparable to Spain in many things, as food, fruit… Wages are very low most. It's almost impossible to live in a pension.

The people manage that often have “dachas” or old rural houses where they grow some huertecita and with that get passed.
The bureaucracy if you intend to do whatever is choking. Winter temperatures are inconceivable to me, because I have never come close to temperatures that are common here in winter, as 30 degrees below zero.

And the political, you see the sign, that's the same everywhere.

Things so, no wonder that alcoholism is like hell here, as in Mongolia. Besides domestic violence is very common here, apparently give a stunning spankings. Life is hard in Russia.

MORE PHOTOS OF THE GROUP

I take this space for commercial purposes. Ester follows sale! Do not get buyer in Russia, but you can keep it for four rubles! A kiss guapetona, I guess I'll read from the gestoria. No, not dreamed; Russia were!

RUSSIA. EL LAGO Baikal

Aqui esta el 20% of all the fresh water of the planet. Majestuosas surrounded by mountains and lost in the despoblada Siberia. It's a Wonder, You can swim and drink at a time.

Here we spent a pleasant Finde de lo mas Tono, Ester, Lena and I.

Among other things,, building to make a “Banyan”, species of Rusa sauna.