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A Few More Thoughts About Russia and Siberia

ByJim Loomis 09/18/201111/07/2014

Start to finish, there were a lot of surprises on this journey and there are a lot of little mental images that keep popping up. Some – not nearly enough, but some – I managed to photograph at the time. Here are a few, along with the impressions that remain. First, the traffic congestion in…

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Day 19-21: A Few Impressions of Siberia

ByJim Loomis 08/15/201111/07/2014

We have seen only a small part of Siberia, a narrow slice running west to east from Kazan through Nowosibirsk and Irkutsk to Mongolia. In the process, our train has covered just under 6,000 kilometers. My first and most overpowering impression seems to be universally shared with the rest of the group: Siberia is nothing…