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On our way to Baikal
28/06/16 13:00 Filed in: Russia | Trans-Siberia Train
Now, what’s like to be on the trans-sibirian train - the normal one, not the Zaren-Gold.
Well, it’s very, very standard and not well equipment. Simple 4 bed cabins. Sometimes clima does work, sometimes you cannot open the cabin windows for fresh air. And its cramped and so on. There are also the open coaches, not very pleasant. Would not recommend to use them but there were three ladies from Bolivia who chosed the open one on purpose. Not my cup of tea but hey.
Compared to the night trips from china which are similar looking, there are also no washing facilities apart from one basin for each toilet. If you are lucky there might be a shower available on one of the few lengthy stops - if you got the key and they would tell you.
On this first stint to Yekaterinburg I was together with Olga, Kati and here daughter Lisa. You can’t wish for a more lovely fellow passengers.
The second stint to Irkutsk I had a 4 bed cabin for myself, the next two nights two from Russia joint me. On the second train I meet quite a few tourist from all over the world: As already stated - Boliva, South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Netherland, Switzerland, England, France......
As for the landscape, it wasn’t what I would have expected. Very greenish and treeish, more like somewhere in Europe, I expected far more swamps, green lands, a lot of brown lands, mountains or even hills, rivers, lakes etc. etc. At least the villages in between told you that you were somewhere else.
Well, it’s very, very standard and not well equipment. Simple 4 bed cabins. Sometimes clima does work, sometimes you cannot open the cabin windows for fresh air. And its cramped and so on. There are also the open coaches, not very pleasant. Would not recommend to use them but there were three ladies from Bolivia who chosed the open one on purpose. Not my cup of tea but hey.
Compared to the night trips from china which are similar looking, there are also no washing facilities apart from one basin for each toilet. If you are lucky there might be a shower available on one of the few lengthy stops - if you got the key and they would tell you.
On this first stint to Yekaterinburg I was together with Olga, Kati and here daughter Lisa. You can’t wish for a more lovely fellow passengers.
The second stint to Irkutsk I had a 4 bed cabin for myself, the next two nights two from Russia joint me. On the second train I meet quite a few tourist from all over the world: As already stated - Boliva, South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Netherland, Switzerland, England, France......
As for the landscape, it wasn’t what I would have expected. Very greenish and treeish, more like somewhere in Europe, I expected far more swamps, green lands, a lot of brown lands, mountains or even hills, rivers, lakes etc. etc. At least the villages in between told you that you were somewhere else.