Also, one needs to take account of the time of year - snow-covered forest might be interesting for a day but hardly a week, or more! This also, I presume, is a problem for Siberia in general - everything just 'rests' for several months in winter. So that makes the only decision (
) Spring (when everything is emerging), Summer (when everything at peak activity) or Autumn (anything special?) ....
I suppose there must be other 'great' train journeys on other continents. Must ask although I don't fancy travelling through African war zones at present ...
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Originally Posted by paul m
Oh, yes, one of the reasons I like travelling by train across Europe is because you see the changes in terrain and environment - you feel the difference as nature changes! I'm not too sure if one will feel the same difference going east-west (or, indeed, west-east) across Siberia ... big decision is what book(s) to take with you for a seven-day train journey! 'War and Peace' must be amongst them ...
No hurry to decide but I'm edging to Japan - get a boat ride to add on to the train journey! Or perhaps make it a 12-month trip and "do" the whole lot?  |