Chugging slowly through the desert

Backtracking.....Beijing to St Petersburg

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September 18th 2006
We spent almost 6 full days on the Transsiberian Railway going from Beijing to Moscow. We boarded fully prepared with plenty of food and drinks (plenty of pot noodles - the selection in China was vast!), and were pleasantly surprised to find that the ticket included a free lunch and dinner on the first day from the Chinese restaurant car. This was good since there was a significant lack of people ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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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