Press play. And then start reading. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin You’re going to miss the trepidation of landing in a foreign country, for which visas you’ve worked so hard to get now...
This morning we woke up early for our 7am pickup for Train #004 from Irkutsk to Ulaanbaatar departing at 8:12am. And there our train stood waiting for us, emerging from the hazy mist of an early morning fog as if out of a dream — this is...
Lake Baikal just got served Merry Christmas Eve from Siberia! And so begins our Trans-Siberian experience. A number of itineraries had been devised, discarded and replanned over the past year for this trip — Russia’s railway system had a habit of...
We started our day with a splendid brunch at Grabni, a cafeteria style restaurant where you self-serve from so many offerings that it’ll make you dizzy. Everybody loved the french fries: Don’t mind the random pony here and there. We then headed...
Photo credit: Ihita Kabir The Kremlin and Red Square just got served After New Year’s Eve and 2 memorable days in Saint Petersburg, we headed onwards on the overnight Train 001 from Saint Petersburg’s Moscow Station to Moscow’s Yaroslavskiy Station...
A feast for the eyes. Church of The Savior on Spilled Blood just got served After a day at The Hermitage and celebrating New Year’s Eve on the streets of Nevsky Prospekt, we slept in well into noon to begin our 14 mile trek around Saint Petersburg on Day 1,...
I’ve been to nearly every single ex-Soviet state except for the mother of them all: Russia. That changes today. Photo Credit: Ihita Kabir The Hermitage just got served And it wasn’t easy getting here. Recalling my first monsoon trip to Egypt, I also...
