Russia Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals - Page 4

Today was the day of our departure.  At 2.30pm we made our way to Domedove Airport which is very big.  The security at the airport is quite strict.  At the entrance you have to be checked and have your belongings screened.  You are checked a few more times after that when you are going through passport control. What Björn and I found funny was that we had to take off our shoes and belts and step into this cubicle that looked a bit like a beam me up scotty cubicle.  W…

We took the 'Siberia' train to St. Petersburg, Russia. It was cold (-18 °C) and were going to a even colder location! Well, after a trip of 4 hours we arrived in St. Petersburg. The only thing we saw in the beginning were just garage boxes! Thousands! Apparently people couldn't park there cars by their houses. And we saw industry, very dirty industry. Well, of course I’m used to the clean factory's in The Netherlands, so this was a real eye-opener for me. We arrived at the grand station, w…

After a very nice flight from London on British Midland Airways (cheap too: $190), I arrived in Moscow. I wandered through customs with my giant bike box and took the shuttle train to the city centre. After disembarking, I found myself with a huge box and several smaller bags which I somehow had to drag to my hostel. I attempted to lift it all at once, but the bike box is as big as a bed and it wasn't happening. Some chap with a cart came up to me and I assumed he was offering me help carryin…

i did it for 14 days. that was my first time when i used so many kinds of transport like plane, train, bus, ship, ferry, boat, bike and of course my feet during such a short trip.

I am going to keep this short for the time being since the internet connection is rather slow and unreliable. I can report that I was arrested with three people I met for drinking in Red Square and had to bribe the Po Po in order to get out of it. I unknowingly went to a hooker bar with another person, it was rather funny yet disturbing, we met some Russian guys there, drank Vodka, played pool and hung out. The only English they knew was "We no gay" and "whores!!!" I was beaten with birch bra…

I've been inside all morning after spending most of the night tossing and turning in bed. I had met a TraveBuddy for coffee at the McCafe on Tverskaya near Pushkin Square and they didn't have decaf! In any event, I got to sleep at like 08:00. Then I woke up coz I was hungry. So I had to go to a 24 hour grocery store nearby. I ate, then went back to bed. It has also been raining all morning so plans on seeing Lenin inside the mosuleum went south. It would only be open to the public f…

something about us))))

We flew out from Manchester airport on the first leg of many of a year away from home. Neither of us had ever done travelling on this scale before; the longest holiday either of us had been on was three weeks. Our first flight was with Lufthansa and went smoothly. It was preceded by a hurried purchase of a travel washing line (which would prove one of out most useful possessions over the following 12 months), some reading material to keep us occupied on the Trans-Mongolian train, and some Ru…

This is a follow on from our days in Moscow... When we rolled into St Petersburg after a fun 8 hour journey in the first class sleeper carriage of the train, our arrival in the new city was once again slightly marred by the female attendant. I had already exited the train to be greeted right there by our driver (wonderfully professional man by the name of Michael), but my friend Shea was dragged back in by the attendant who was seemingly wanting to know why we had taken the train's towels. S…

The Solovetsky Archipelago is in the Onega Gulf of the White Sea, and its islands cover 300 sq km. Usually called Solovki, it lies 150 kms from the Arctic Circle. In the 19th cent., Solovki became an exile for notable political and religious figures, but its most tragic period was the Soviet times. After closure for 70 years, the monastery reopened as a place of pilgrimage. Its museum, St. Nicholas Church, Assumption Cathedral and Transfiguration Cathedral are all beautifully restored.

That's were our trip started with the Transsiberia Railroad...what a journy

This is a photo blog for Prague and St Petersburg

i discovered new country. i didn't know about it anything but during traveling i was suprised! good country, good people!

Arrived in Moscow on July 11th to glorious sunshine.  Walked through the arrival gate to pandamoniam.  Eventually managed to find what appeared to be the taxi rank and got Moscow's answer to Michael Schumacher.  The half hour journey in to the city centre consisted of a lot of revving at traffic lights, driving on the wrong side of the road, reversing up one way streets and a bit of tour guide action along the way too.  Pretty eventful and not for the faint hearted! P…

This is the church in Cheboksary, Russia that our team went to help out. (That's us on the front row.) The Chevosh people that we encountered there are very humble, very sweet people. Most are very quiet and private. They thought that we Americans were loud! On the trolley cars (which we had to ride quite a lot) no one speaks! We brought lots of help to the church there, but we learned a lot from them! On the way home, we spent a day in Moscow just to relax, shop and see the sights!