Trans-Siberian Handbook, 9th: The guide to the world's longest railway journey with 90 maps and guides to the rout, cities and towns in Russia, Mongolia & China

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Product Description A trip across Siberia on the longest continuous railway track in the world is undoubtedly the journey of a lifetime. It’s also a convenient way to reach China, Mongolia or Japan. Tickets are not expensive or difficult to arrange. This acclaimed guide shows you how to organise a trip, where to get tickets, where to stay and what to see.  Practical information – planning your trip; what to take; getting to Russia from Europe, North America and Australasia Kilometre-by-kilometre route guides  covering the entire routes of the Trans-Siberian, Trans-Manchurian, Trans-Mongolian and Siberian BAM railways with 49 strip maps in English, Russian and Chinese: see where you are as you travel. City guides and maps – the best sights, places to stay and restaurants for all budgets: Moscow, St Petersburg, Ulaan Baatar, Beijing and 32 towns in Siberia; plus Lake Baikal guide Siberia and the railway – the detailed history of Siberia, the construction and the running of the railway today are of great interest not only to visitors but also to armchair travellers. With 90 maps – plus timetables, fares, Russian & Chinese phrases New 9 th edition a new 16pp color introduction and trip planner Review 'Definitive guide' - Conde Nast Traveler (USA)   ‘The best specialist guidebook is the Trans-Siberian Handbook’ The Independent  (UK)   'Tells you everything you need to know' – Cosmopolitan (UK)   'An invaluable guidebook' - The Financial Times (UK)   ‘The Trans-Siberian Handbook ...is a must' - The Sunday Times (UK)   'An invaluable travelling companion' - Traveller (UK)   ‘Extensively updated’
- Railway Gazette International, November 2011 ‘The definitive guidebook is Bryn Thomas's 'Trans-Siberian Handbook'’
- The Independent ‘The handbook was really brilliant (everyone we met on the train had a copy!!) We can't imagine doing the trip without it’.
- Helen Clive ‘The Trans-Siberian Handbook (Trailblazer) is the bible for this journey’.
- The Daily Telegraph From the Back Cover First edition shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel& Guidebook Awards   A trip across Siberia on the longest continuous railway track in the world is undoubtedly the journey of a lifetime. It’s also a convenient way to reach China, Mongolia or Japan. Tickets are not expensive or difficult to arrange. We show you how to organise a trip, where to get tickets, where to stay and what to see. Kilometre-by-kilometre route guides covering the entire routes of the Trans-Siberian, Trans-Manchurian, Trans-Mongolian and Siberian BAM railways with 49 strip maps in English, Russian and Chinese: see where you are as you travel. City guides and maps – the best sights, places to stay and restaurants for all budgets: Moscow, St Petersburg, Ulaan Baatar, Beijing and 32 towns in Siberia; plus Lake Baikal guide Siberia and the railway – the detailed history of Siberia, the construction and the running of the railway today are of great interest not only to visitors but also to armchair travellers. With 90 maps – plus timetables, fares, Russian & Chinese phrases. About the Author Originally written by Bryn Thomas, Trailblazer’s founder, this 9th edition was updated by Anna Kaminski, a Russian-UK national who is a professional guide-book writer also working for Lonely Planet and Rough Guides. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Introduction After the classic film of Boris Pasternak’s love story, Dr Zhivago, there can be few people unaware of the magic of crossing Russia and the wild forests and steppes of Siberia on the longest railway journey in the world, the Trans-Siberian. The distances spanned are immense: almost 6000 miles, a seven-day journey, between Moscow and the Pacific port of Vladivostok (for boat connections to Japan); just under 5000 miles, five days, between Moscow and Beijing.      Since a rail service linking Europe with the Far East was established at the turn of the 19th century, fore