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Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #59: Trans-Siberian Railway: Life & Fun Across 9000 km of Taiga, Steppes & Plain Wilderness, Part I – S

The strange unknown territory of Siberia represents vastness, emptiness, but in fact is filled with much, much more than you might think.

Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #60: Trans-Siberian Railway: Life & Fun Across 9000 km of Taiga, Steppes & Plain Wilderness, Part II -

Leaving Vladivostok for Mongolia, Wee-Cheng finishes the world's longest rail journey.

Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #51: Moscow: Three Nights on a Bus Looking for Lenin\’s Corpse – Moscow, Russia

A three-night bus journey from London to Russia moves across the past, present and future of Europe.

Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #52: Kaliningrad, Russia: In Search of Long-Lost Konigsberg, East Prussia – Kaliningrad, Russia

History, World War II, and the EU seem to conspire to make this strip of land either a future Hong Kong on the Baltic, or an isolated scrapyard.

Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #50: Russian Adventure Starts Today & The Russian Visa Blues – Russia

Getting into Russia only cost Wee-Cheng $380US - did he mention that was just for the visa?

Murmansk for Five Days and No Nights – Murmansk, Russia

Five days without a sunset, 28 hours in a train fu

Elbrus, the Two-Headed Giant – Russia

Robert Geier is determined to climb the tallest mountains of the world. This time it's Europe's biggest, Mount Elbrus in Southern Russia.

Where Are They Now?

Have you ever wondered what happened to people you

Uzbekistan 2000 – Moscow, Russia

First stop: Moscow – Friday, September 1 There is one image of Moscow that sticks in my mind – St. Basil’s. It’s that cathedral on Red Square with the delightfully screwy onion-shaped domes – I’m sure you have seen pictures of it. When I found out I would be passing through Moscow on my way [...]

Summer in Siberia

My travel companions It wasn’t until I was seated in the plane, with a Doberman slobbering on my shoulder and a bloodhound sleeping on my feet, that I questioned what I was doing. Six months before, I’d found a web page about summer camps in Eastern Europe on the Internet. I had quickly applied for [...]