Russia Travel Blogs - Page 5

Mikhail, (Nordavind79) had a birthday on July 26th and I looked at his profile photo and thought, I could give him a gift by changing his shot. I downloaded the shot and did a little lighting and color changes and I hope he is happy with the outcome.  Happy Birthday!!   If this is a ph…

Sandwich to St Petersburg, then across Mongolia to Beijing. Trekking,camping and kayaking through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Working for a children's charity in Goa, finishing up in Kathmandu. Snow, Sun and Monsoons!

My journey to Russia was coming to an end. This was my last day in Russia... I was generally happy with what I had seen and done in Russia, but I wish I had more time to spend. Reflecting on my journey, I realised that I wasted too much time and money on a lot of things. For instance, I spent too…

The Hakasia Republic and The Tyva Republic are for Russia how Egypt for the World: a very historical place, a real paradise for Archaeologists. Shamanism, wild nature and Kurgans (kurgan is a type of burial mound or barrow, heaped over a burial chamber, often of wood; built in Southern Siberia and Central Asia) are card representative of the neighborhood!

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 …

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…

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wonderful mountains in autumn, in summer and in spring!!! it`s one of the wildest places in Russia where the natural beauty goes with shaman traditions of local people

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 per…

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 g…

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 purc…

The worlds most great trainride to the far east

As my plane touched down in Moscow I was terrified, of old KGB/FSB, Russian Mafia, Skinheads, and just flat out crime stories of Russia.  Once I made my way past the passport control I started to get the color back in my face.  I met my driver, she drove me to the hotel and we taught each…

This is a photo blog for Prague and St Petersburg

Only got a few hours sleep on the train, the night not getting dark. Watched the forests and Dachas pass by. The conductress was no where to be seen, but she did turn up to sell us coffee 5 minutes to arrival time into Moscow. We were actually met by the guide at the station.She led us to the hotel…