This was part 5 and the last blog of the Siberia train trip we took from June 25-July 9, 2016. The original blog was published in TravelPod. This is an “Encore” of the blog. Hope you enjoy it. https://photos.app.goo.gl/q0vVIashPZnmz1Oy2 A 4 hours train ride from Moscow brought us to the historical St. Petersburg – the …
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This was part 2 of the Siberia train trip we took from June 25-July 9, 2016. The original blog was published in TravelPod. This is an “Encore” of the blog. Hope you enjoy it. https://photos.app.goo.gl/thzrM1DqcY1MeP5I3 We boarded a private train at Beijing station at mid-night and rode through the Gobi Desert. This part of Gobi …
This was part 1 of the Siberia train trip we took from June 25-July 9, 2016. The original blog was published in TravelPod. This is an “Encore” of the blog. Hope you enjoy it. https://photos.app.goo.gl/e4U9AOUrOoaYFV5j2 Many people travel to Russia by plane, or more popularly in recent years, by cruise ship. We, however, decided to …
This was part 4 of the Siberia train trip we took from June 25-July 9, 2016. The original blog was published in TravelPod. This is an “Encore” of the blog. Hope you enjoy it. https://photos.app.goo.gl/NkHK69qEdVYZi4Nv2 All the years we looked at Moscow with disdain and fear, so it was quite a surprise to see how …
This is part 1 of an “Encore” blog of my trip to New York in Aug 29-Sept. 8, 2015. The original blog was published on TravelPod. Hope you enjoy it. https://photos.app.goo.gl/KvSWujscE4rmrHsk2 All my friends know that I am a big fan of Broadway musicals. When I read that the famous Chinese Opera Singer Zhang …
https://photos.app.goo.gl/DXSQbRIoSC81hLzL2 This was part 3 of the trip taken from June 25-July 9, 2016. The original blog was published in TravelPod. This is an “Encore” of the blog. Hope you enjoy it. My image of Siberia was from the movies ‘War and Peace’ and ‘Dr. Zhivago” – a vast, empty land where political prisoners were …
Click the link for pictures https://photos.app.goo.gl/Csr01D2o307dwGqe2 One unique feature of all OAT trips is the opportunity to interact with locals. On our way from Kenya to Tanzania, we stopped at a roadside shop and met Jane – a woman wedging a personal war against female genitalia mutilation. She said that girls as young as 9 …