First Class is pretty much 100% tourists, Second is around 1/3 and Third is very mixed, but tourists are certainly welcome. The train consists of three classes of carriages: First Class (a private double berth), Second (a compartment with four berths) and Third (open “dorm-like” carriage of berths). The best time of day to get the train at each stop is generally evening, to cover as much ground at night as possible. All in one go, this journey would take a week, but far more interesting is to “hop on and off,” taking in some of the best destinations along the line. This journey takes the traveller across the centre of Russia, deep into Siberia before ducking down through Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia and eventually to Beijing. Though any number of variations to this journey are possible, the most famous is to go from Moscow to Beijing. In this article, we take a look at some of the stops on this weeklong journey, bringing the adventures to our imaginations as we sit this virus out, and hopefully inspiring incredible travel in the future. Few adventures offer the traveller such a powerful sense of our interconnectedness on this planet and the dizzying number of lives and stories contained within our maps. The Trans-Siberian Railway, connecting Moscow to Vladivostok and Beijing must sit at the top of any such list.Įach stop on this iconic 9000km journey constitutes a new adventure, whether it be exploring remote hillside Siberian villages, a stroll onto the world’s deepest lake, sheepherding with Mongolian nomads or glimpsing wild horses galloping across the vast steppe. In the meantime, however, we’re taking a look at some of the best journeys on earth and bringing these adventures into our living rooms. As coronavirus stomps on our travel plans, seeing the world may have to wait.
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