Guide to Not Taking a Bike on Trans-Siberian Train

My intention was to fly to Moscow with my bike, and then bring it with me on the trains across Russia to get to Irkutsk, where I would then begin biking. Within moments of being picked up at the airport, I had a new plan. Denis, who worked at the hostel in Moscow suggested an [...]
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Journey Across Russia – Trans-Siberia

Bundles of Russians and an English touristka trundling across industrial city sprawls that churn smoke to the skies and spew cars along straight roads that cut through the vast swathes of taiga. And we go silently through the night except for the clickety-clack of steel wheels on the rail tracks...
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Made in Kazan

So, I hopped (more like stumbled with heavy feet and loaded rucksack) onto the train in Moscow, bound for Kazan. A ‘short’ overnight train journey that saw me greet the new day to a new town. I had a good feel about this one. Smaller, more my style. Not so lost in the crowds and [...]
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