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For highlights of our trip
through Russia and Mongolia, please refer to the
following:
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| Trip
Overview: |
| Trans-Russia
and Mongolia - The
Best Camp Sites |
| Trans-Russia
and Mongolia - The Statistics |
| Trans-Russia
and Mongolia - The National Parks |
| Trans-Russia
and Mongolia - Group
Photos |
| [Trans-Russia
and Mongolia - The Trains] |
| [Trans-Russia
and Mongolia - The Train Stations] |
| The
Lost World - Kamchatka Travel |
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| Amazing
Experiences: |
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Trekking
the Volcanoes of Central Kamchatka
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Relaxing
on Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur lake in Khorgo-Terkh
National Park, Mongolia
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Exploring
Kharkhorin and the
Erdene Zuu Khiid and monastary, Mongolia
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Admiring
the small, but elegant, Orkhon Khürkhree waterfall in Khangai
Nuruu National Park
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Getting
bogged at Naiman Nuur lake in Khangai
Nuruu National Park
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The
Awesome Gobi desert at Khongoryn Els dunes and Yolyn Am ice gorge in Gurvansaikhan National Park,
Mongolia
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Riding
camels and admiring the sunset at the Flaming Cliffs of Bayanzag, Mongolia
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Touring
the USS Lassen and USS Fort McHenry, Vladivostok
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Exploring
the Pacific Fleet's Fortress on Russky Island
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Exploring
Lake Baikal via the Circumbaikal Train Journey
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On the Trail of the Decembrists in Irkutsk
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Mailing a package from Irkutsk
through the Russian postal system
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Being detained by the police in
Yekaterinburg
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The Gulag Museum at Perm 36
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Wandering through the Golden
Ring museum town of Suzdal
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Exploring
the endless halls of the Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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Tsarskoe Selo and the Catherine
Palace, St. Petersburg
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Peter
the Great's grand palace at Peterhof, St. Petersburg
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Yusupov Palace
and the Death of Rasputin, St. Petersburg
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The
Kremlin - Citadel of the Tsars and a night at the Bolshoi, Moscow
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The
Trans-Siberian Train Journey
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Khabarovsk to Vladivostok
aboard Train #005 - Okean (4-5 July)
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Vladivostok to Irkutsk aboard
Train #007 - Sibir (27-30 July)
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Irkutsk to Ulan Baatar aboard
Train #264 (30 July - 1 August)
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Ulan Baatar to Irkutsk aboard
Train #005 (15-16 August)
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Listvyanka to Irkutsk
aboard the Circumbaikal train (17 August)
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Irkutsk
to Yekaterinburg aboard Train #009 - Baikal (20-22 August)
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Yekaterinburg to Perm aboard
Train #071 (24 August)
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Perm to Vladimir aboard Train #017
- Kama (26-27 August)
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Vladimir to St. Petersburg
aboard Train #059 - Volga (29-30 August)
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St. Petersburg to Moscow aboard
Train #25 - Smena (4-5 September)
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| The
Cities: |
| Khabarovsk
- former Military Outpost on the Amur River |
| Vladivostok
- Home to the Russian Pacific Fleet and "Lord of the East" |
| Petropavlovsk
- Gateway to Kamchatka |
| Ulan Baatar -
Capital of the Mongols |
| Irkutsk - Once
Called the Paris of
the East |
| Yekaterinburg -
Where the Romanov Rule Ended in Blood |
| Perm
- Gateway to Siberia and Home of the Kama Bicycle |
| Suzdal
- Time Warp to Medieval Russia |
| Vladimir
- On the Golden Ring |
| St. Petersburg
- Peter the Great's New Russian City |
| Moscow
- Capital of the Russian Federation |
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For journal entries of our
trip through Russia and Mongolia in 2003,
please click on the
following links: |
| Dates |
Country/Region |
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2 - 31 July, 2003
16 August - 10 September, 2003
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Russia
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11 - 26 July, 2003
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Kamchatka
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1 - 15 August, 2003
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Mongolia
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For websites related
to Russia and Mongolia, please click on the
following links:
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| US
State Department - Tips for Travel to Russia and the Newly Independent
States |
| CIA
World Fact Book |
| Lonely
Planet - The Guide Book Company |
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