Zdrastvoyte pa Ruski,
… Within a flash of a second I’m in Russia. No sign of customs… yet, but the officials don’t ask anything and give me the necessary stamps. “So far so good, and stay good”, I always say. And nervous that I am when I arrive in St. Petersburg, unbelievebale! I’m in Russia! Whoehoe 😀
Now the 29 days of travel starts with some strange questions or goals I have in my mind:
- How Dutch feels St. Petersburg?
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Meeting Peter in Moscow.
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Standing in front of my ice cream church!
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Experiencing the lux Trans Siberean (TB) train, The Rossiya.
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Finding out what hides in Yekaterinburg.
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How to make a snow angel?
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Knowing if it is good to go to non-touristy Omsk.
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Finding out what keep the people busy in the Siberian capital, Novosibirsk.
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Do people speak English?
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How many of the cities I’ll visit have ugly Soviet-style (concrete) appartment blocks?
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Will I get to Stolby and its gorge in winter time?
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Is the TB electrified and is it double tracks?
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Same question for the Baikalo Amurskaya Magistral (BAM-railway line)
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How cool is BAM?
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Is Siberia really that cold?
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Try ice fishing in/on Lake Baikal.
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Can you really see fish swimming through the 1 meter layer of ice of Lake Baikal?
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Will I find the mysterious black-eyed nerpa?
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Will I encounter bears?
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How many tourists go to Tynda… so how off the beaten track will I get?
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Feeling how it is travelling without taking showers for a couple of days 😉
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Is it possible to visit 13 places in 29 days?
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Finding out about the last remaining Amur leopards
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Meeting a Siberean tiger if not whiped out before that time.
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Getting eye in eye with the Pacific Ocean at the end of the TB in Vladivostok.
You’ll find the answers in the upcoming blogs about Russia. From a kind of ‘warm’ Russia (-2 degrees celcius)
Da svidanya,
Amar