The train trip
Train schedule Moscow Tashkent
Belinskaja: The first station
A long train heading south!
Russia
Russia
Rain and Sasha
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Paper hats made by Sasha
Paper hats made by Sasha
Paper hats made by Sasha
Russian tea cups in the restaurant
Russian tea cups in the restaurant
The friendly waiter
Russia: A Babushka
Russia: A station
Russia: A station
Russia: On the platform
Cityscape
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A passerby
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Roofs...
Roofs...
The railroad
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Russia: View from the train
Russia: The river Volga
The river Volga
The river Volga
The river Volga
Our train neighbors
Our train neighbors
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The samovar in our car
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Southern Russia: Still green but treeless...
Kazakhstan
Kazakstan: Still green...
Kazakstan: Real camels with two humps
...less green...
...the steppe begins...
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...and sand dunes
Ainoor Kafeci: The bar at the station
Platform shopping
A woman selling lepiochkas
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Kazakstan: The desolate steppe
Kazakstan: Turkestan
Kazakstan: Our car at the station
Kazakstan: The conductor blocks the exit
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Kazakstan: Yurts