Russia; through Siberia into the wild Far East of Russia up to Vladivostok. Beautiful, wide country with wonderful people and even better campsites in the wild nature. Yes, we had some doubts on Russia when we started our trip, but it turned out to be wrong; if in any way […]
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Vladivostok; end of the journey? In case you travel on the Trans-Siberian-Railroad, indeed this city at the Pacific Ocean is typically the end of the journey. For us it is “just” end of the first part of our trip. Still somehow an emotional moment and our first sightseeing round after […]
Well, bit different days here in Russia during the last week. Preparing for shipping our car to Vancouver, Canada. Overall I would say a mix of cleaning, washing clothes and repair work. As a stone hit us on the windscreen during our last days on the road, we used the […]
Primorye, so far a fantastic detour on our way to Vladivostok and an absolute highlight for us in Russia! Travelling through endless forests… … heading towards the sea and then suddenly the moment is there; we are at the Pacific Ocean. So far from home this is a very special feeling […]
Leaving Khabarovsk towards Vladivostok is an unspectacular 780 kilometres drive on a main road. Or you take a detour like we did for a more detailed exploration of the Primorye region, summing up to a bit more than 1.400 kilometres. 🙂 And honestly, it was absolutely worth it! Without too […]
Leaving Chita in direction East means you have to follow a tar road through endless forests for about 2.000 kilometres till you end up in Khabarovsk in the Far East of Russia. Hard to imagine for us Europeans what that really means, but honestly there is not much more than […]
Early September in the middle of Siberia; we found a perfect campsite for the night, close to the forest and it was even warm enough to enjoy an outside shower. Okay, at least the shower was desperately needed. 🙂 However it was a wonderful late summer evening… … with an […]
There are these days were you believe that you will spent the night at a truck stop or a strange backyard as you are not able to find a great spot that meets your expectations. Well and then suddenly you find a place like this after searching for about two […]
Time for us to head East, Vladivostok as the destination for the first part of our journey. But first we decided to explore the region around Arshan in more detail, especially as we were keen to do some hiking and stretch our legs a bit after a lot of driving […]