Siberia - Irkutsk and Heading for Yekaterinburg
July 15th 2011
Hi from the actual Trans-Siberian Railway!
I’m three hours into a 54-hour train journey from Irkutsk to Yekaterinburg. I have been very lucky so far in terms of cabin mates but it’s not looking so good this time – so far. I am in an all-women kupe (by choice) with a mother, about my age, and her daughter in her 20’s, plus a third woman who is 40-ish and may not be related. By the time
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