Transiberian on September 2012 - transiberian trip

Posted June 2nd, 2012 - 11:52 pm by

from Posadas, Argentina (Permalink)

Hola Carlos! hablas español no?
Nosotros vamos en Julio. primero visitaremos St petersburgo, luego un par de dias en Moscu y de alli lo mismo que vos.
Estamos reuniendo toda la información posible!
Saludos!!
Silvia
English Version:
Hi Carlos
We´ll be there in July- We´ll start in St petesburgo too, then Moscow and others russian cities ,Mongolia and finally Beijing..like you : )
Be in contact!!
Bye
Silvia

Posted June 3rd, 2012 - 1:59 am by

from Medellin, Colombia (Permalink)

Hola Silvia...
Clarooo quje hablo español...
Parece que vamos a hacer un viaje similar ...lástima que no coincidamos con el tiempo.
Incluso van a a viajar antes que nosotros...así que bienvenidos los tips de viaje una vez ustedes lo hagan.
Yo compré casi todo a través de una agencia de viajes en Londres que se llama RealRussia; me sirvió mucho para planear el viaje y para hacer los trámites legales. De hecho, voy a tramitar la visa de mongolia a traves de ellos y en unas tres semanas les estaré enviando mi pasaporte.
Estaremos en contacto.
Les mando un abrazo y mil gracias por escribirme.

Carlos Lozano

Posted April 16th, 2013 - 12:31 pm by

from Stockholm, Sweden (Permalink)

Hola a todos, podrian pasarme los datos de precios y tiempos, asi como de paginas web para comprar los boletos de tren?
Quiero hacer el viaje con un amigo chino desde Soy uruguayo y no necesito visa para Rusia.
Gracias! espero tu respuesta,
Ale

Posted April 16th, 2013 - 11:34 pm by

from Medellin, Colombia (Permalink)

Hola Ale!!
Yo planeé todo lo del viaje en tren a través de una agencia que tiene una muy buena página web: www.realrussia.com
es excelente porque tiene un planeador del transiberiano que te permite escoger trenes, horarios y paradas durante el trayecto.
Me tomé algo así como 18 días entre Moscú y Pekín parando como en 7 ciudades entre 1 y 2 días y tomando en Ulan Ude una desviación a Mongolia que fue super buena.

Cualquier cosa que necesites adicional estamos en contacto.
Un abrazo desde Colombia y la mejor de las suertes en este maravilloso viaje.

Carlos Lozano

Posted April 18th, 2013 - 11:12 am by

from Stockholm, Sweden (Permalink)

Gracias, capo!
che, te acordas del precio del pasaje total?
necesito saber para tener una idea, como yo no preciso visa para rusia no voy a hacerlo por ninguna agencia, pero es mejor tener ideas de los diferentes trenes etc.
Gracias muchas!
Ale

Posted April 18th, 2013 - 10:22 am by

from Grand Gaube, Mauritius (Permalink)

Hello Carlos,
which is the cheapesst way to do teh Trip in transiberian train? On which website did you book your ticket?
Could you say how much you are going to pay for your train tickets? What about your return journey? i.e what are your doing after Beijing?

Cheers,
Nit

Posted April 18th, 2013 - 3:19 pm by

from Vaucresson, France (Permalink)

The absolute cheapest way is still to get your tickets directly at the train station or to book online on the russian railway website: rdz.ru . but it´s only in russian so you need to get help from a native speaker for timetables. that´s what I basicly did. It can be stressful but so much more adventure! or read this website it's very helpful: http://www.seat61.com/Trans-Siberian.htm
total fare for one way Moscow-Vladivostoc: more or less 650$
I did it last month... I wish I was still there!

Posted April 18th, 2013 - 3:22 pm by

from Vaucresson, France (Permalink)

sorry it's www.rzd.ru

Posted April 18th, 2013 - 3:44 pm by

from Stockholm, Sweden (Permalink)

ooo that is of great help, a Russian friend sent me that page but she had no idea about what is best & cheapest for that trip so you just confirmed it.
and the Seat 61 page is something that i needed so bad!
My friend just canceled the adventure because his boss bought him today direct tickets to Shenzhen so i am all by myself now.
I do speak Russian so no problems with communication and I have Uruguayan passport which allows me to move in Russia with no need of visa :))

-How many stops did you do and in how many days did you arrive to Ulan Ude?
-Were you buying tickets by intervals?
-Was it possible to pay with credit card the train tickets in small cities?

I saw that you are in Japan right now, -How much is the ferry ticket from Vladivostok to Japan or South Korea?

Thanks so much!

Posted April 18th, 2013 - 4:05 pm by

from Vaucresson, France (Permalink)

no visa? lucky you! I had only 30 days so I spent them in St petersburg (defenetly worth going!) Moscow (worth it too) Suzdal (loves it! small quiet town with beautiful monastaries) Irkutzk (not so much for me but good place to roam from espacialy to lake baikal and Olkhon island, if you have time, go there and stay there!) then to Vladivostoc because I ran out of time directly to the ferry. Ferry to Corea leaves on wenesdays only and about 250$. I wanted to go to Japan directly but that week it did not go (repair time) so I stayed in Corea...20 days ;).
-1 night from st peters to moscow
-3 days 3 nights from Moscow to Irkutzk
- same from Irkutzk to Vlad
I bought my tickets along the way.
-cities are not so small and credit card perfectly fine

ridiing the transiberian is easy and safe compared to what I heard before going and I recomand platzcart for a more real life experience.

when do you go?

Posted April 23rd, 2013 - 9:01 am by

from Stockholm, Sweden (Permalink)

Hi!
Sorry I thought I had reply, I came back yesterday to Stockholm.
I am planning to start it in June after my exam but my friend cancelled and I was advised by him and a Russian friend not to travel alone by train in Russia.
Were you all on your own while traveling? Now I feel my plan destroyed by security issues like where to leave my stuff while going to the toilet for example :)