The Trans Siberian Railway
I'm going to do a trip on the Trans Siberian line but not all in one go. I will be getting on and off and making it up as I go. I fly into Shanghai, China then head to Beijing and Mongolia. Itinery so far looks like this 3,4,5 Shanghai overnight train to Beijing 7,8,9 Beijing 10th bus ti Zhangjaikou 11th bus to Erenhot cross the border to Zamyn-Uud & bus to Ulanbaatar 12,13,14 Ulaanbaatar 15 Batshireet - need permit from UB 16,17 Dadal....birth place of Chingis Khaan 18,19 Choibalsan...mail truck from Dadal 19 Chuluunkhoroot 20th cross the border and take trans Manchurian train to UU 21 Ulan-Ude..join the trans Siberian line from here to Moscow 22,23 Urkutsk 24,25 krasnoyarsk 26,27 Tomsk 28,29 Omsk 30,31 Yekatteringburg 1,2 Nizhny Novgorod 3 Suzdal 4-8 Moscow..Mockba 9-12 St Petersburg Fly home via Shanghai As always these plans might change on the road. I have Russian visa that I got a couple of months ago. I sent passport, copies of my flights and insurance and got the visa. Today I went to the Chinese Embasy in Perth and applied for my Chinese visa. Contrary to what I am hearing I did not have accomodation booked and they took the application. Those two Visa's are taken care of and I will get Mongolian visa on the road.
Planned Dates
May 03, 2012 to Jun 14, 2012
Countries
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Trip Entries
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Which train
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Trans Siberian railway, Krasnoyarskiy, Russian Federation -
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Im on my way
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia -
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Hangzhou
Friday, May 04, 2012
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China -
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Shanghai
Friday, May 04, 2012
Shanghai, Shanghai, China -
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Beijing
Sunday, May 06, 2012
Beijing, China -
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The Great Wall
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Beijing, China -
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Im in Mongolia
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Zamyn-Uud, Inner Mongolia, China -
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Crossing the border
Friday, May 11, 2012
Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia -
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Ulaanbaatar
Friday, May 11, 2012
Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia -
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How's the Serenity
Friday, May 18, 2012
Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia -
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Ulaanbataar
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia -
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Crossing the Border...again
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Irkutsk, Siberia, Russian Federation -
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Irkutsk
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Irkutsk, Siberia, Russian Federation -
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Listvyanka
Friday, May 25, 2012
Listvyanka, Siberia, Russian Federation -
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Krasnoyarsk
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russian Federation -
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Novosibersk
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russian Federation -
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Kazan
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Kazan, Central Russia, Russian Federation -
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Nizhney Novgorod
Saturday, June 02, 2012
Nizhniy Novgorod, Privolzhsky, Russian Federation -
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Suzdal
Sunday, June 03, 2012
Suzdal, Central Russia, Russian Federation -
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Moscow
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Moscow, Central Russia, Russian Federation -
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The Kremlin and Red Square
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Moscow, Central Russia, Russian Federation -
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Im Chock Full of Kulcha
Friday, June 08, 2012
Moscow, Central Russia, Russian Federation -
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I got Chucked off the Train
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Moscow, Central Russia, Russian Federation -
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St Petersburg
Sunday, June 10, 2012
St. Petersburg, North-West Russia, Russian Federation -
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OMG
Monday, June 11, 2012
St. Petersburg, North-West Russia, Russian Federation -
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Peterhof/Petrodvorets
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
St. Petersburg, North-West Russia, Russian Federation -
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Nearly the end
Thursday, June 14, 2012
St. Petersburg, North-West Russia, Russian Federation -
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Im coming home
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China