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Impact of coal burning on environment (Siberia)
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One of many elegant stairways in the Hermitage.
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A departing train in St. Petersburg station
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Real borscht!
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St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow
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GUM department store, Red Square, Moscow
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Siberian snow
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One of our 4-person sleeper cars, featuring Alex, our Russian guide (age 23).
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Russian Orthodox monastery
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Mongolia hawk
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What just one smokestack can do.
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Breakfast in the dining car during our 48hr. train ride through Siberia. Listed in the menu as "pancakes and salmon," it was smoked salmon rolled in crepes. Tasty.
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Power plant, Siberia
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Our wild and crazy B&B host, whose specialty is sauna service, including lashes with a birch branch. Ed is still baking inside the sauna.
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Fresh caviar purchased at Lake Baikal fish market.
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Border guard dog (Mongolia/Russia) sniffing train carriage.
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Crossing the border between Mongolia and Russia. Twelve officers (customs, border, police, train, etc.) plus a German Shepherd and its handler. They even checked our temp. To make sure no one was sick.
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Ghengis Kahn memorial
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A loudspeaker in our St. Petersburg hotel room. For morning announcements? Train departures? Marching music?
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Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
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Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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Class trip to the museum
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At the Ykaterinberg farmers market
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Russian Orthodox side chapel
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Christos, interior of one of St. Basil's domes, Moscow
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Grillwork, Moscow Metro
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Russian antique
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