[Leica] Trans-Siberian Express

Wed Jul 6 00:53:18 PDT 2016

Tina,
Actually, my 22 year old nephew did it solo a couple of months ago, without
knowing a word of Russian, and he managed very well, without any difficulty
whatsoever (he is NOT a vegetarian, so that is a great advantage). So go
for it!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 5:54 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> From what I've read, they drink Vodka!!! That's what I plan to do ;-)
>
> Tina
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 5, 2016, at 8:17 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just buy a nice bottle of Champagne and watch Dr. Zhivago!
> >
> >> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> In Moscow, in January, the sunrise is at 9:00 AM and the sunset is at
> 4:00
> >> PM.  That's a pretty short day to me.  If we went in the summer, it
> would
> >> be 3:00 AM and 10:00 PM - about 12 more hours of sunshine!  But there
> would
> >> also be lots of tourists and the need to reserve everything in advance -
> >> and no snow.  I would rather go in the winter, except for the dark.
> >>
> >> Tina
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 7:44 PM, Christopher Crawford <
> >> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
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