Simply looking at photos of Astana, you can see that this strange capital is something else. Whether it’s the glass pyramid, the giant tent shopping m...
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Omsk – Four Things to See and Do
Again, like Novosibirsk, we had very little time to experience the city and we had to cherry-pick the best things to see and do in Omsk.
Omsk railw...
Read MoreWhat To See in Novosibirsk – 6 Sights On Our Whistlestop Tour
When we visited Novosibirsk, we had a grand total of four hours between trains and after checking our bags in and out of the cloakroom, that equated t...
Read MoreThings to Do In Irkutsk Based on Our Own Experience
We’ve created a list of things to see and do in Irkutsk based on our own experience. We went to Irkutsk knowing that it was seen as the entrance to La...
Read More(Disappointingly Few) Things to do in Ulan Ude
When we researched good places to stop on the Trans-Siberian, we decided to definitely include Ulan Ude. It was touted as the Buddhist capital of Russ...
Read MoreTsaatan Elders and Shamans – Interviewing Those Who Ride Reindeer in Mongolia
The Tsaatan (or Dukha) people have ridden and relied upon reindeer for generations. Originally, they came from Russia, not Mongolia. Fearing how the c...
Read MoreOur 3 Tips When Visiting Beijing, China
We certainly didn’t enjoy being told that we couldn’t visit the top attractions. Our friends didn’t like being told that they overpaid when they took ...
Read MoreOur Top 5 China Tips
No one wants to get to a foreign country and experience travel hell or struggle to pay for things. We made some mistakes when we went to China so that...
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