I posted a lot during my trip. Here are all the posts, in order.
- The Trans-Siberian what?
- What to pack for September in Siberia
- Logistics, planning, and scheduling (disappointment)
- Sweating on the Great Wall
- Looking for cash in all the wrong places
- The Lama Temple
- Hotels (in which Carrie learns she is way too old for hostels)
- Impressions of Ulaanbaatar
- The Choijin Lama Temple Museum
- In which we start our Mongolian tour and see some horses
- Sleeping in a ger, and the Khögnö Tarnyn Khiid Monastery
- Camels, Erdene Zuu, randy monks, and a second night in a ger
- In which we stop at a lake and have lunch with some nomads
- Final thoughts on Mongolia
- The train at last!
- Listvyanka and Lake Baikal
- Itinerary changes, on the fly
- Irkutsk
- Sweating on the Great Baikal Trail
- I’ve fallen in love with Kazan
- Nizhny Novgorod and fancy trains
- A morning in Vladimir
- Suzdal is beautiful but unreal
- 24 hours in Moscow
- I’m just slightly concerned that I’m in Minsk illegally
- Walking and shopping in Minsk