I'm 13 hours into a 65 hour train ride. This is the one to Vladivostok. So, when I get there, I will have completed the Trans Siberian-- one of the things I have always wanted to do.
I will get to Vladivostok at 18:40 something. That's seven o'clock or so in the evening. Unfortunately it is Moscow time, and will be 1:40 am local. Russia is seven time zones across.
The ferry leaves at three, and I am supposed to be there at noon. The ferry wharf is next to the train station. I cannot see walking the streets of Vladivostok in the middle of the night to get to the hostel I had reserved. So I may just sit in the train station till daybreak. I can check my backpack at left luggage and play it by ear from then on.
The scenery has changed. It looks like West Virginia or Pennsylvania, lots of green hills. The title dachas, farmhouses, etc. look. little nicer, a little richer.
I wish I could get better pics, but the blogging system I using is limited to phone pics, and those are taken through a dirty train window, with tinting and glare from solar reflection. Still largely cloudy.
Here is a pic the Kazakhs insisted I take last night, showing the historic meeting of Kazakhstan, Cuba, and the oooooh essss. Ahhhhh. Then the Kazakhs drank too much beer, and got mad at each other and started yelling until at least 1:30, making it so I could not sleep when I had to get up at 4:00 to catch a train.
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