Lake Baikal - the deepest lake in the world

Writer: Helena Bergström

Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world - how exotic does that sound? On our journey on the Trans-Mongolian railway we stopped in Irkutsk in Siberia, and from here it is not far to Listvyanka and the deepest lake in the world. Of course, we had to go there!

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Irkutsk, Russia - The Paris of Siberia

Writer: Helena Bergström

Today we will take you to Irkutsk in Siberia, which we visited in the summer of 2006. We continue today to tell you about our journey on the Trans-Mongolian railway that started in Moscow and continued all the way to Beijing. But we are going to tell you about the first stop, the one that happened after about four days on the train.

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Experiences in Moscow - in the heart of Russia

Writer: Helena Bergström

Today we offer some experiences in Moscow, from our trip in 2006. We started with a flight from Stockholm to Moscow, and then we continued with the Trans-Siberian railway through Russia, to Mongolia and China. It will be a series of these I think... But as I said, we start in Moscow!

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Travelling on the Trans-Siberian Railway

Writer: Helena Bergström

In 2006, we travelled on the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Beijing, via Mongolia. What a journey! We didn't have a blog at the time, but we have many memories. Every now and then we get questions about the trip, so we thought we'd tell you a bit more about it. After all, it's one of our coolest trips ever!

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