The Travels of

Jacqui and Lars

Trans-Russia and Mongolia 2003 - The Statistics

Countries:

Two

Distance:

-  Kamchatka Trek:

-  Kamchatka Driving:

-  Mongolia:

-  Russia (ex-train)

-  Trans-Siberian Train:

-  Total:

      119 kilometers

   1,220 kilometers

   2,880 kilometers

   1,220 kilometers

 13,496 kilometers

 18,935 kilometers

Days:

-  Kamchatka Trek:

-  Mongolia:

-  Trans-Siberian Train:

-  Total:

  16 days

  15 days

  41 days

  72 days

Modes of Transport:

Train, plane, foot, mini-van, taxi, car ferry, bus, ferry, horse, camel, Russian army jeep, 6WD truck, truck, electric trolley bus, hydrofoil, and metro.

Major breakdowns:

None.

Boggings:

Only one, on 7 August, 2003 at Naiman Nuur lake in Khangai Nuruu National Park, Mongolia

Cases of Malaria:

None

National Parks Visited:

5 (see The National Parks)

Highest Point:

Highest Point (overnight):

Plosky Tolbachick volcano crater rim, Kamchatka, Russia (2,867 meters at N55º49.025' and E160º22.240')

Naiman Nuur Lake (overnight camp), Mongolia (2,441 meters at N46º31.232' and E101º50.205')

Northernmost Point:

St. Petersburg, Russia (N59º56.353' and E030º18.898')

Easternmost Point:

Crater rim of Bezemyanny Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia (N55º58.111' and E160º35.127')

Southernmost Point:

Yolyn Am at Gurvansaikhan National Park, Mongolia (N43º32.705' and E104º01.906')

Westernmost Point:

St. Petersburg, Russia (N59º56.353' and E030º18.898')

The Train:

The Trans-Siberian train:

-  Train #005 - Okean: Khabarovsk to Vladivostok (4-5 July)

-  Train #007 - Sibir: Vladivostok to Irkutsk  (27-30 July)

-  Train #264: Irkutsk to Ulan Baatar (30 July - 1 August)

-  Train #005:  Ulan Baatar to Irkutsk (15-16 August)

-  Circumbaikal train: Listvyanka to Irkutsk (17 August)

-  Train #009 - Baikal:  Irkutsk to Yekaterinburg (20-22 August)

-  Train #071:  Yekaterinburg to Perm (24 August)

-  Train #017 - Kama:  Perm to Vladimir (26-27 August)

-  Train #059 - Volga:  Vladimir to St. Petersburg (29-30 August)

-  Train #25 - Smena:  St. Petersburg to Moscow (4-5 September)

Longest Time with NO Shower:

Kamchatka:  11 days and 10 nights:  13 to 23 July, 2003 between Milkovo Settlement (where we had a banya) and the Esso Settlement, Kamchatka, Russia

Mongolia:  9 days and 8 nights:  5 to 13 August, 2003 between the Tsenkher Jiguur hot springs and Ulan Baatar, Mongolia

Favorite Food and Drink:

Caviar, vodka, pelmeny and blini.

Most sought after commodity:

Soft toilet paper (rather then the sand paper provided in most hotels, restaurants and shops)