I have already talked about the Trans-Siberian Railway generally, and about what might be called the Trans-Siberian proper, which is the Moscow-Vladivostok route. However, a route which tends to be more popular with the tourists is the Trans-Mongolian. This route is the same as the Trans-Siberian as far as Ulan Ude, where it departs from […]
Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland - in fact Iceland’s only city - is a marvellous holiday location, and an excellent place from which to go off touring this island with its fantastic landscape, hot springs, and geysers. But for the budget traveler, there is one drawback – Reykjavik is expensive. However there is a […]
If you want to travel, and you don’t want to spend a lot of money, then one thing you might consider, especially when visiting more rural areas, is camping. Obviously, some areas and seasons will be more amenable to camping than others. For cooler areas such as Britain, camping is definitely best in the summer, […]
Montreal is the cultural capital of Quebec, and Canada’s second largest city. One of the most vibrant cities in North America, and home to one of the largest French speaking urban populations, Quebec is a city with a distinctively Bohemian feel.
Old Montreal has beautiful cobbled streets lined with buildings that date back to 17th, 18th […]
From the colorful posters in the entrance advertising interesting cultural events, to the chatty individual on reception, you are assured of a warm welcome at the Hostelling International Hostel in Ghent, Belgium, which is also charmingly called De Draecke, meaning The Dragon. By hostel standards, De Draecke is remarkably comfortable - even the standard dormitories […]
It is the Moscow to Vladivostok route that is the Trans-Siberian Railway proper, as opposed to the two other trans-Eurasian routes that end up in Beijing. The main route of the Trans-Siberian starts at Moscow, passing through Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Chita, Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk, and finally Vladivostok, taking seven days on its 6,152 mile route.
Second […]
If you are heading for the beautiful and ancient city of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, and you are looking for a really budget place to stay, that has also become a bit of a center for avant garde art and living, then you could try The Art Hostel. Not only will this hostel […]
Bergen is a fishing port on the south-western coast of Norway, and was a vital trading center back in the days of the Hanseatic League, so much so, that it has a Museum of the Hanseatic League. Nowadays Bergen is a modern city, and lively cultural center, but, like a lot of Scandinavian cities, is […]
The original idea to build a Trans-Siberian Railway to connect the then capital of Russia, St Petersburg, with Vladivostok and the Pacific was originally approved by Czar Alexander II. As well as the building of the railway, a lot has happened in Russia since then, and to travel across Eurasia on the Trans-Siberian Railway is […]
If you are a resident of North America you will almost certainly be accustomed to going most places by car, and it might well be that you would only take a bus or train on rare occasions. So you may well be forgiven for thinking that this would also be the case when visiting Europe, […]
