How it all started.
As you might know, Joon Moon and I have been planning a driving trip through Siberia for quite a while. It is happening now. We have with us our friend Oleg from Kaliningrad, and his friend Serguei who is the designated driver. Our team of four has successfully got together in Moscow, and we are starting out on August 23, As of that date, I will do my best to publish a share of current impressions and pictures. Your comments are very welcome either via my email address or contact page.
NOTE: this is NOT a tourist guide, it is just a travelogue where we write what we feel like sharing,
Our VW mount we called Antilope Gnu as in a most popular Russian satirical book "The Golden Calf".
Moscow - Irkutsk / Lake Baikal (5194 km / 3227 miles / 17 days / 11 driving days)
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Day 3. Moscow Vladimir Nizhni Novgorod.
410 km.
Day 4. Nizhni Novgorod Kazan. 390 km.
Day 6. Ufa - Zlatoust - Chelyabinsk. 418 km.
Day 7. Chelyabinsk Ishim. 582 km.
Day 9, 10. Omsk Novosibirsk. 660 km.
Day 11. Novosibirsk Kemerovo. 270 km.
Day 12. Kemerovo - Krasnoyarsk. 537 km.
Day 11,12, 13. Krasnoyarsk Irkutsk ~1044 km .
Day 14. Irkutsk - Lake Baikal. 65 km.
Day 14. Lake Baikal Neutrino Laboratory. 40 km by boat. Mission Accomplished.