My mate is getting married in South Korea next year and I have been looking into how to get there (I don't fly). Has anyone traveled a huge distance overland before? Any tips on what to bring with you ect???
Anyway jumping the gun a little really as it is not until April 2009 that I will be going. My plan is -
Bristol > London (coach). London > Brussels (Eurostar). Brussels > Berlin (via Cologne) Berlin > Warsaw. Warsaw > Minsk. Minsk > Moscow then the Trans Siberian to either Beijing or Vladivostok and a ferry to Seoul. The shortest time to do this in is about 10-14 days with a cost of around £800-£1000. Would be good to take a little longer considering how fantasic it would be to see any of the places on the way.
Anyone taken the trans siberian before?
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another way worth investigating is to go on cargo boats - it is possible to obtain passage on some of them.......... 
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My tip on what to take with you - one of those neck support thingies. I went to Germany last year by coach, and regretted not having one... The coach from Dundee to London was fine - plenty of legspace, and I was lucky and had a double to myself - but the Euroliner is hell! Helps if you have short legs, but I suppose that would be taking it a bit far, shortening your extremities for the trip...
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Come on now - you can take it too far: one change of clothes, please - or else folk will have to endure the sight of Andy in the nude while he waits for his undies to get clean in the local laundry - I don't know if the world is ready for that!G wrote:Sounds fantastic.
I'd just take a money belt, the clothes I stand up in,
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ina wrote:Come on now - you can take it too far: one change of clothes, please - or else folk will have to endure the sight of Andy in the nude while he waits for his undies to get clean in the local laundry - I don't know if the world is ready for that!G wrote:Sounds fantastic.
I'd just take a money belt, the clothes I stand up in,
I spent a lot of time planning a trip from London to Tokyo via overland travel and this website was amazing: http://www.seat61.com/Trans-Siberian.htm
I've spoken to several people who've done the trans siberian train and its pretty rough, apparently. A week on a train without a shower, only terrible food available and the scenery through siberia is pretty much just trees and more trees. The recommendation is to break the trip up with stopovers at towns along the way every 2 days or so but that does add to your over-all time.
Freighter travel is both difficult to book and very expensive, but it is possible.
I've spoken to several people who've done the trans siberian train and its pretty rough, apparently. A week on a train without a shower, only terrible food available and the scenery through siberia is pretty much just trees and more trees. The recommendation is to break the trip up with stopovers at towns along the way every 2 days or so but that does add to your over-all time.
Freighter travel is both difficult to book and very expensive, but it is possible.