Spring Cycling in Scandinavia By Laura Rickets I felt the wind as it rippled across my skin and the sudden gust that caught the wheels on my bike. I was overwhelmed by the smell of the place I was pedaling through whether that was the sea air filled with salt or the scent of pine […]
Astana, The Capital City of Flashy Buildings and Marvelous Sights By Isabelle Kagan Astana, simply meaning “capital” in Kazakh, became the capital city of Kazakhstan in 1997 after a government relocation from Almaty, a much older city about 1000 km farther south. The switch was made for multiple reasons: Astana is a less earthquake-prone region […]
With the most bears anywhere on Earth, Kamchatka is rugged beyond rugged By Niko Vorobjov When you start planning a trip to Russia, you usually think about going to one of the major cities, Moscow or St Petersburg, or maybe jumping on-board the Trans-Siberian Express, the longest train journey in the world across the longest […]
Ranching the Moose in Kostroma, Russia By Nikita Krivtsov Moose are common in northern Russia. The ‘wild animal crossing’ signs one can see here and there on the roads in Russia, suppose the moose crossing. But the idea of seeing the moose staying in the stables like cows was very inspiring one. Kostroma, about 200 miles […]
A Unique Chance to Tour Siberia By Stephanie DiCarlo When you think of Siberia, what comes to mind? Exile, perhaps. Ice and political prisoners and criminals, freezing temperatures and snow. Siberia’s bleak history may invoke wariness into the thought of visiting, but you’re not going for punishment, you’re going for travel! Siberia is for the […]
By James Clark Moscow to Beijing by train is 8,961 kilometers and takes 5 days on the Trans-Mongolian Railway and 6 days on the Trans-Manchurian Railway. The Trans-Siberian Railway also runs along the route but doesn’t go as far as Beijing. There are many places along the routes and some interesting locations to stop, explore […]
Lenin’s Russia: A Place You Have to Want to Go By Dan Peltier Jennifer Eremeeva has lived for the last twenty years in Russia with HRH, her Handsome Russian Husband (occasionally a.ka. Horrible Russian Husband), and their growing daughter. Luckily for Eremeeva, she didn’t need to make up most of the events that inspired this, […]
Solovetsky Islands: The Silence of the Russian North By Maria Kozyreva When planning our summer trip, I offered my husband a chance to visit the Solovetsky Islands. It was my unrealized dream to see this remote sacred place in the Russian north. The dream was so desirable that I could hardly believe that one day […]
Peking to Paris: Life and Love on a Short Drive Around Half the World By Dina Bennett Dina Bennett was born in Manhattan. After five years as a PR executive, she joined her husband’s software company as senior VP of sales and marketing. The two worked side-by-side until they sold the firm in 1998 and […]
Russia: Ten Secrets of the Russian Bath. Jonathon Engel visits a banya for the ritual switching, plus a very hot and very cold experience.
Volcanoes of the World: where the volcanoes can be found and how to visit them. An excerpt from the book, Conde Nast Traveler book of unforgettable journeys
By Bill Pfeffer With a Tony Soprano meets Boris Yeltsin reputation, we were not sure what to expect after arriving in this legendary capital. With six-dollar Big Macs, midnight sunsets, a hundred brands of vodka in your local convenience store, muscled pistol-packing bodyguards, pin striped businessmen, all night dance clubs, and beautiful women right off […]
