[Leica] Trans-Siberian Express

[Christopher Crawford]

The Trans-Siberian system runs along Siberia¹s southern edge. Its not near
the Arctic circle where days are short in winter.

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On 7/5/16, 7:26 PM, "LUG on behalf of Tina Manley"
<lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of
tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

>My only hesitation is not because of the cold.  I lived in Chicago for two
>years!!  It's the limited number of hours with daylight.  I know in the
>winter in Siberia we are going to spend a lot of time in the dark.  Maybe
>the light in the few hours of daylight will make it worth it?  I don't
>know
>but I'll never know unless we try it.  Besides, the only time we can leave
>the farm is winter and another huge plus is that there will be no
>tourists.  We can book trains and hotels as we go along.  No?
>
>Tina
>
>On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
>wrote:
>
>> It's like traveling to the sun; the safest time to go is at night.
>> When  going to Alaska or Siberia go during the summer.  People who go
>> during
>> the winter freeze.
>>
>>
>> On 7/5/16 7:09 PM, "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > PESO:
>> >
>> > In this extreme heat in SC (it was 107 today!!), I am enjoying
>>planning
>> our
>> > next trip. We always said for our 50th anniversary we would be on the
>> > Orient Express.  There is no Orient Express today except for a luxury
>> fake
>> > at astronomical prices.  We plan instead on doing the
>> > Trans-Siberian-Mongolian Express, not a tour but buying our own
>>tickets
>> > along the way.  Since our anniversary is January 28th, it is going to
>>be
>> > COLD.  If anybody has any experience traveling on the trains or
>>dressing
>> > and photographing in extreme cold, I would appreciate any advice as I
>> make
>> > the plans.  Has anybody traveled on the Russian/Chinese/Mongolian
>>trains?
>> >
>> > TIA
>> >
>> > Tina
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photographer
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>>
>>
>>
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