Our drive to Bolgar Village took about three hours. The highway was wide and modern.On top of that, the view of Bolgar river, sunflower...

By now I was quite used to the hustle and bustle of a train station in Russia. When they scanned your bags in and out of the station; just...

  The chilly summer breeze greeted us as we stepped out for a morning walk. Our hotel , Cosmos hotel ,stood majestically in the...

Would you come with me on a journey? To the place strange to me and you on a chugging train  shaking left and right would you? We will...

Have you ever been on a train journey for 56 hours?Well if you travelled from Irkutsk to Yekaterinburg in Russia by train you probably...

One afternoon when everyone went for dinner , we decided to walk around the hotel. The day was getting dark but as we left the hotel the...

Irkutsk is home to Sukhoi and Mig jets but were not allowed to visit;obviously. So the next  best  thing for tourists is the...

We arrived in Irkutsk around 3:20 pm together with hundreds of other passengers. The exit door was jammed and all of us were trying to...

Waking up on a moving train would make you nauseous. The unfriendly crew showed her mood early in the morning. I needed to pee but the...