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Trans-Siberian Railway

A sampling of images from my three-week adventure on and along the Trans-Siberian Railway…

… an epic journey through nine time zones and over 12, 000 kilometers… from Moscow to Vladivostok…. with stops in Ekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Listvyanka, Lake Baikal, and a side trip to Ulanbator and the Karakorum in Mongolia.

Let’s go!

Moscow Train Station…

Sasha, a Russian sniper!
About to drain a bottle of vodka with Sasha (on the very first night)
A cozy, clean compartment for the first of many legs on different trains, others pretty rough!

Yekaterinburg…

A toast with Nikolai the entertainer!

Listvyanka…

Lake Baikal…

Irtutsk…

Epic Border Crossing Russia to Mongolia and back again…

Russia-Mongolia Border

The longest-feeling leg (I did not meet a single tourist for days)

Vladivostok…

Arrival in the middle of the night.
Rockabilly buskers!
Poseidon for real!
Did you know that Yul Brynner was born in Vladivostok?