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The Rocky Rail To Mongolia

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July 18th 2017
Our morning started with a 6:15am taxi to Irkutsk train station. The driver appeared to be slightly worse for wear from a few Sunday vodkas and blasted the music up to keep himself awake. On our train appears to be second class within second class. Our cabin no doubt was top of the range in 1950. Going from one carriage to another is quite a challenge, not a move I would recommend to an 80 year ol ... read more

Europe » Russia

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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