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| 12th November 2009 Marcoelitaliano | This Is Poetry! - From: Shanghai Sailor! Man, this beautifully written piece brought my mind back to my (short) days of wanna-be-seaman, a few years back, and to all the romantic (and not so romantic) dreams that inevitably came with it. Wish You plenty more lucky sailing winds, my flights-unfriendly friend. Marco |
| 1st March 2009 barbara | seat61 - From: The Trans-Mongolian Express (1): Moscow to Lake Baikal Thanks Simon.Seat61 is a super site .Ah the convenience of internet.Sometimes the mind boggles to think how we travelled in the 70th. Enjoy the journey and the many surprises thrown in along the cobbled path |
| 25th February 2009 Drunken Tiger | Trans -Mongolian Express - From: The Trans-Mongolian Express (1): Moscow to Lake Baikal Thanks for your comments! This is a great journey if you like slooow travel, as I tried yo convey in my blog. For booking, it is best to orgainse everything in advance, as visas can't be bought on the border. Allow a couple of weeks to get the visas. There are many agencies who handle the ticketing, and the visas: I used Intourist here in London, then Monkey Shrine in Hong Kong for the return leg (yup, I also came back on it...). I'm not sure if Monkey Shrine are still in business. A fantastic website/book is Seat61. I don't think we can write links here, for some reason they get stripped out. But just do a google search. Seat61 is the most amazing resource for overland travel, especially good for trains. If you decide to get the visas yourself then China and Mongolia are quite easy, (but I went before the Chinese tightened up rules for the Olympics). Russia - definitely use agency. Good luck! Simon |
| 19th February 2009 barbara | railway journey - From: The Trans-Mongolian Express (1): Moscow to Lake Baikal howdy stumbled across your entries whilest searching for info on trans mongolian railway journeys. Did you do ticketing/visa yourself along the way or trough local agency. if so any recomendations? Truly enjoyed your thoughts along the journey.Barbara |
| 9th February 2009 Drunken Tiger | Three Station Square - From: The Trans-Mongolian Express (1): Moscow to Lake Baikal Thanks for the correction - of course you are right. I have also travelled from Rizhskiy and was confusing my memories... |
| 7th February 2009 Yuri | Three Station Square - From: The Trans-Mongolian Express (1): Moscow to Lake Baikal Third station is actualy Kazanskiy station, Rizhskiy is 4-5 kilometers away to the North-West of the Three Station square. |
| 2nd October 2008 Marcoelitaliano | Great prose. - From: Flasback! Moscow, April 2005 Wow man, an extraordinary vivid description of a place I was considering visiting on Rocinante. I might give a second thought to the idea, though. |
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