My Powergorilla charged and ready to go! Its gadget time! Just a few posts and I’m keen to share gadget ideas. One of my early discoveries was that many of the trains running on the Trans-Siberian have very limited power onboard. Some trains apparently have sockets in each compartment, some just one for the whole carriage (it powers the hoover apparently) and maybe one spare in the Provodnitsa’s compartment (a sort of guard commander and cleaner in each carriage, usually female). My requirements are to keep an iPhone, and iPad and a digital camera charged at all times for up […]
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Its not the sort of programme I have on series link on my Sky box at home, but I have just seen that next week Karl Pilkington will be travelling on the Trans-Siberian as part of his “bucket list”. As he is going through Mongolia from Moscow there is a good chance he is on the train I am looking to use, so I’m going to watch that with interest..
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I thought once I had chosen the route it would not be too hard to buy a ticket. In fact this has actually been the hardest part of my experience so far. Its not that you can’t get tickets or that travel agents won’t take my money, but its been difficult getting exactly what I want. I ended up speaking to several UK based agents before making progress. Just in case its of help in planning your trip, this was how it went.. Having looked up the best known agents from Seat Sixty-One, I started with Trans-Siberian Experience. Their website […]
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Having decided that this year I am definitely going to do “the big train ride”- the Trans-Siberian (or a version of it) I have also taken the decision to share how I get on in a blog. I suspect that if you are reading this you either (a) know me and will be checking in here regularly to see if I am in a hospital or gulag yet, or (b) are considering this trip yourself having stumbled upon me in your search for more knowledge in preparing for your trip. Either way, you are very welcome! Its also my first […]
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