5 Time zones closer to home - on a 4 night train across Russia! The Trans-Siberian Railway
November 14th 2009 5185 Kilometers
1 train
4 nights
3 Brits
A lot of army soldiers
1 Tajikistanian with 14 children
1 Belarussian sporting (minor) celebrity
1 man with three gold front teeth
Many games of Russian durag (joker)
"Jenny of Russia"
Vodka
What a journey!
At first I was daunted by the prospect of four nights on a train all the way from Irkutsk to Moscow, especially as we had opted for the cheapest class
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