RE: Trans Mongolia Adventure: Frolicking In Idyllic Village of Khuzir, Siberia ( A Pictorial Story)
My uncle told me :"I did this with friends in 1992. The journey could only be arranged through Intourist, the state travel agent, whose rep failed to show up when we arrived in Moscow late at night. Local people helped us with metro fares, heart warming at a time where there was little food in the shops unless you had dollars.
The journey went on forever, the restaurant car running on Moscow time so that meals (chicken bone stew) were only available when we weren't hungry. Our supplies of beer were gradually plundered by guards, mysterious fees of fifty dollars to cross into Mongolia, radish sellers touting for business, and at every stop a team of wheel tappers checking the carriages. It was an amazing experience to arrive in China having gone the whole way overland."
You should try to do this too if you have the opportunity. Now it is much easier to travel to Russia, but applying for a Russian visa can take some time. It is an epic journey for me.
Why not?? i will visit it..
So funny. Sounds like an adventure. As late as 1992, wow. Did they fly to Europe and then travel over land from there to Mongolia?