Trans-Siberia: From Helsinki to Hong Kong
My first long trip.
Countries visited during the trip
Places visited
Note this list contains all locations I've ever visited in the countries of this trip. Some locations might be from other trips. You can have a look at the troute on the map to see which locations I actually visited.
- St. Petersburg
City
in Russia
CouchSurfed with Jenya and his girlfriend who got me in touch with her sisters in Moscow. Also met Ana and Daria. My first couchsurfing experience
- Moscow
City
in Russia
CouchSurfed with Masha and Sasha who showed me around town and still keep in contact with me
- Nizhny Novgorod
City
in Russia
Dariya got me in touch with Elizaveta who I CouchSurfed with.
- Kazan
City
in Russia
CouchSurfed with Ira and Kostya. Got a crush on Alina.
- Yekaterinburg
City
in Russia
CouchSurfed with Olga who took me to the Asia-Europe line for pictures.
- Omsk
City
in Russia
Spent a long day sightseeing before taking a night train out
- Novosibirsk
City
in Russia
Spent a day, went to the train museum and got a private tour in Russian
- Krasnoyarsk
City
in Russia
CouchSurfed with a really weird girl. Went up to her Dasha in the hills.
- Irkutsk
City
in Russia
On the bus into town a girl approached me as I was looking in my Lonely Planet. He invited me to stay in her closed down hostel for the night
- Ulan Ude
City
in Russia
Splurged by staying a hotel for the first time on my trip. No hostels in town. Not much except for another Lenin statue
- Listvyanka
City
in Russia
Hiked a bit to see the lake.
- Ulaanbaatar
City
in Mongolia
Met Anya at the hostel. CouchSurfed with Chris
- Mörön
City
in Mongolia
CouchSurfed in a yurt with American peace corps volunteer Patrick. Also met Agustinus
- Toom
Nomadic Village
in Mongolia
Our car left us here for 2 days as it went back to Mörön for tuning. Helped the family slaughter a goat
- Tsagaannuur
City
in Mongolia
Went to ask about my future from a Shaman
- East Taiga
Nomadic Village
in Mongolia
Went to visit the Tsaataan people. Also known as the Dukha, or the Reindeer people. Agustinus knowledge of languages really amazed me.
- Beijing
City
in China
CouchSurfed with Sona
- Erenhot
Border Crossing
in China
Spent a few hours walking around town and ordering something random off the menu at a restaurant. Turned out to be a meal for 5.
- Xi'an
City
in China
Spent the day with some other travelers... Can't remember who they were
- Dengfeng
City
in China
Shaolin Monastery. Was to cheap to enter, so me and another cheap Brittish girl stayed outside watching some monks training
- Chengdu
City
in China
CouchSurfed with three Chinese girls, can't remember their names unfortunately
- Kangding
City
in China
Some hiking in the surrounding hills
- Litang Town
City
in China
Watched a sky burial
- Xiangcheng
City
in China
Met Tristano
- Lijiang
City
in China
Went to a local wedding
- Shangri-la
City
in China
Zhongdian
- Qiaotou
City
in China
Spent the night at the entrance to Tiger Leaping Gorge
- Tiger Leaping Gorge
Trek
in China
Did a hike with Maren, Sean, Tristano, Luiza, Jean
- Kunming
City
in China
Short sightseeing before continuing to east
- Guiling City in China
- Longsheng
City
in China
Hiked around the rice terraces but there was so much fog I couldn't see further than 5 meters
- Yangshuo
City
in China
Slept for free by going to a school to talk English. Met up with Anya again
- Hong Kong
City
in China
Met Jean randomly at a hostel. Met Massy
- Macau
City
in China
Due to H1N1 both hostels in Macau were closed and I slept on the beach.
- Krabi
City
in Thailand
My first-ever backpacking stop
- Ao Nang
City
in Thailand
Primary spot on my vaction with Sofia
- Kamala
City
in Thailand
Vacationing at Ayara Kamala Resport & Spa
- Bangkok City in Thailand
- Pattaya
City
in Thailand
Visting a former colleague from Oslo: Kung Snikvard Qvarsebo
- Ko Samet
City
in Thailand
Not sure where I stayed... Escaped here after seeing Pattaya and waiting for my flight back to Finland.
- Khon Kaen City in Thailand
- Sisaket City in Thailand
- Nong Khai
City
in Thailand
Sala Kaew Ku: Statue Park