Dad and Dave in Siberia Dad and Dave in Siberia A father-son adventure - Bruce and David will ride the Trans-Siberian Railway in July 2007. Via Japan to Vladivostok, west to St Petersburg via Irkutsk, Yekaterinburg and Moscow, stopping in Riga, and finishing in Barsinghausen Articles
We are on the Way
2007-07-06 02:50:00 So far we have travelled from Melbournre to Sydney and we are sitting in the Qantas First Class Lounge and waiting for our flight to Osaka. We certainly won’t be having this level of luxury for the rest of the trip. We had an early start - up at 5.00 am and then a ... More About: Siberia
History of the Trans-Siberian Railway
2007-07-03 16:10:00 Before we get there, we’ve been doing some reading up on the history of the Trans -Siberia n Railway. We’ve obtained a copy of the 1965 book “To The Great Ocean” by Harmon Tupper - apparently, the most comprehensive (English?) book about the story and construction of the railway. It seems that the Trans-Siberian Railway was very much an ... More About: History , Tory , Iberia
Tickets ready!
2007-06-24 16:34:00 Dad and I picked up the tickets on the weekend. It’s hard to imagine, but some of our flights are still on old-style paper tickets. Now, we’re just counting down the days! I’ve learned that there’s not much unique in a blog about traveling on the Trans-Siberia n Railway. There seem to be a few others out there. Here’s ... More About: Tickets , Ticket , Ready , Tick
1 month to departure & Russian railway websites
2007-06-06 15:06:00 The countdown timer has reached 1 month to go! Here are some rather nerdy websites about Russian railways to keep the mood alive: Russian train timetables online: http://www.poezda.net/en/ A map of the entire Russian railway system (knock yourself out): http://www.parovoz.com/maps/supermap/inde x-e.html More About: Websites , Siberia , Departure , Month
Kanda Matsuri
2007-05-27 06:39:00 This doesn’t have much to do with Siberia , but is a test post to show that I can in-line YouTube videos into blog posts. When I was in Tokyo two weeks ago for a friend’s wedding, I came across some festival activity for the Kanda Mats uri. The Kanda Myojin (big shrine) was just a few ...
New luxurious way to ride to Vladivostok
2007-04-28 04:35:00 All aboard the new Golden Eagle luxury Trans-Siberia n train? That’s not how Dad & Dave are going to do it! More About: Ride , Vostok , Divo , Luxurious
Trying to learn Cyrillic
2007-04-22 15:11:00 I’ve bought a Russian phrasebook, and thought I might try to learn a few handy words before leaving. The first challenge is to work out Cyril lic letters. It’s deceptively difficult. Some letters look a lot like Roman letters, but aren’t, and it’s hard to get the brain to read something familiar in a new way. For example, the ... More About: Siberia , Learn
Preparations continue
2007-04-09 04:35:00 The paperwork for Russian visas has been sent off, we’ve booked our accommodation in Riga. All our flights have been ticketed. So what’s left to do? I’ve been making a few changes to this site, trying to make it look how I want it to look. I’ve changed the theme to something a bit more modern, ... More About: Siberia , Preparation , Conti , Prep
Our New Mapping Tool
2007-03-21 02:20:00 I have been experimenting with the use of maps on our website and will try and upload some maps showing our locations along the way. I think that I now have it mastered and we should be able to enter our coordinates from our GPS into some of our blogs so that you can track ... More About: Tool , Siberia , Ping , Mapping
Planning Our Trip
2007-03-03 11:42:00 Planning a trip on the longest railway journey in the world would seem to be simple - you just go to your travel agent, book a trip and let them take care of all the details! Probably right, but not for Dad & Dave who have a good idea of how we want to travel and prefer to ... More About: Planning , Trip , Siberia , Plan
The Plug
2007-03-01 12:05:00 We can’t take the kitchen sink with us, but we can take a plug. All good travellers take their own with them, so dad went out and bought us one each! No doubt they will be very useful for keeping water in the sinks on the train and at stops along the way. This may ... More About: Siberia , Plug
Our New Blog
More articles from this author:2007-03-01 06:09:00 It’s only a few months into 2007 and the first post of a new blog. This blog will update our trip across the Trans-Siberia n Railway in July 2007. Dave and I are taking the train all the way from Vladivostok to St Petersburg, witha few stops on the way. First, we’re flying into Osaka and spending ... More About: Blog 1, 2, 3 |
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