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nats



Joined: 12 Jun 2007
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Location: Swindon but not a Swindonian
PostPosted: Sun Apr 28, 13 8:18 am    Post subject: Trans-siberian Reply with quote
    

Posted in this part not in Chat deliberately..... My Dad and his wife are planning to come to the UK from Japan by train and are having some questions so i thought this way they could read this even though they aren't on the forum and wouldn't be any way!

Just wondering if anyone has done it recently? We did it 15 years ago so can't really advise, and because Dad is going East to West they are using a Chinese agency not a British one.

Anyone got any advice? Any thoughts about taking sleeping bag sheets or not???

chez



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
PostPosted: Sun Apr 28, 13 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I would love to do this, but have nothing practical to add - other than I don't think this bit of the forum shows up unless you're logged in.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon
PostPosted: Sun Apr 28, 13 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Chez is right. Chat & Community are both only visible to members. Downsizing abroad is public and vaguely appropriate. Would you like me to move the thread?

marigold



Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex
PostPosted: Sun Apr 28, 13 12:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Chez wrote:
I would love to do this, but have nothing practical to add - other than I don't think this bit of the forum shows up unless you're logged in.


This is the nearest I'll ever get to doing it https://www.google.ru/intl/ru/landing/transsib/en.html

Cathryn



Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion
PostPosted: Sun Apr 28, 13 12:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I cannot help with advice but I would love to hear how they get on as we would like to do this as well.

There are so many things we talk about doing. I don't feel sad about not doing them but I hope we will do some of them one day.

nats



Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2374
Location: Swindon but not a Swindonian
PostPosted: Sun Apr 28, 13 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yes please Jamanda. And to all those considering - DO IT!! It was the best holiday I have ever had!!

sunnybankvines



Joined: 30 Oct 2009
Posts: 62

PostPosted: Sun Apr 28, 13 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

go for it ! Went west to east in 1990 ! great experience - especially when going across the border and they change the wheels on the trains to fit the different gauge track !!!

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