Vodka train to Irkutsk!! Photo 18

Vodka train to Irkutsk!!

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September 28th 2012
We loaded up with instant noodles, baby wipes and beer and headed to Moscow train station for our longest leg on the Trans-Siberian railway (“railroad” for all our new USA friends 😊) not quite knowing what the next 75 hours held in store. We shared our cabin with two Russians, a guy called “Timos” who spoke no English at all and a girl called “Shaska” who spoke some English.. ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more