The TransMongolian Express part 3: The Train ride to Siberia!

(Photo: Me at a train stop with an old Trans-Siberian Express Locomotive)

Hi everyone,

The Train Trip to Irkutsk in Siberia, Russia had finally started! This track is a part of the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Mongolian Express. It is a route which is one of the longest and most famous train routes in the world, in the past used by locals to travel around when they still had a steam locomotive – and nowadays the trains are a bit more modern and still used by locals because not every city is easy to reach, and by a lot of tourists of course. (All photos are made by me, nothing is sponsored, scroll down for the Dutch version and different photos)

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The TransMongolian Express part 2 – One day in Moscow

(Photo: Kievskaya metro station in Moscow)

Hi everyone!

On a saturday night at 23:55 pm I took the night train from Saint Petersburg to Moscow. This is one of the most important train routes (thats why it is train 001) in Russia, during the night, the train ride takes a little bit more time, and took me in 8 hours to Moscow. This is a quite luxury train with a first class (which we also booked), and has two (already made up) beds which you only have to fold out, in each compartment and free breakfast, water etc. In a train you cannot shower but I was all prepared for it because later on I had to spend 4 whole days in a train without a shower. Thats why I brought different kind of wet towels en wash cloths with me. The ride was quite bumpy and I did not sleep very well as you have to get used to the motion and the sounds of the train. The next morning around 6 am we arrived at the train station of Moscow. (All pictures are taken by me, nothing is sponsored, scroll down for the Dutch version with different photos).