TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY S1E18 - MONGOLIA TO ULAN UDE,RUSSIA S1E18 | TRAVELLERS NEST OVERLAND скачать в хорошем качестве

TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY S1E18 - MONGOLIA TO ULAN UDE,RUSSIA S1E18 | TRAVELLERS NEST OVERLAND

The ultimate for lovers of epic train journeys are the Trans-Mongolian and the Trans-Siberian Railway trips. These train trips are trips of a lifetime. Thank you all so much for watching! We hope you enjoyed the video and if you’re new to our channel we hope you will become an TNNZ member by subscribing to our channel for new videos every Sunday! We are full time overlanders from New Zealand. This trip in 2019 thru China, Mongolia and Russia was a research trip to see, if we want to take our vehicle overland, the NEST, from Australia thru Asia, Mongolia and Russia. After a week in Mongolia exploring the rugged landscape, we boarded the weekly Trans Mongolian train 033, which came overnight from Beijing, China into Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia at 2.22pm. The next stage is 27 hours to Ulan Ude, Russia. The border crossing happens at 9.50pm and takes a few hours. By 11.10pm one is in Russia. It was definitely excited to be in Russia for the first time in our life, 30 years ago this never could have been possible. After months of organising we were in the country. Just keep two rules in mind, don’t talk about religion or politics in China or Russia. Next stop was Ulan Ude. We got dropped off at minus 15 at 1.30am. No one around to greet us. We had no cell phone coverage in Russia. I have printed off the direction to our hostel in Mongolia. Even then it seems like a hour to just get across the rail bridge with our bags. Your body uses up so much more energy in the cold temperature. The Hostel Druzhba Nairamdal greeted us with open arms. The owner was so good to us. In the morning after 4 hours sleep, she came with us to the ATM and supermarket. Ulan-Ude lies 5,640 km or 3,500 miles east of Moscow and the third-largest city in the Russian Far East of 0.5 million people. Ulan-Ude is named after its location on the Uda River. It was founded as a small fort in 1668. Due to its favourable geographical position, it grew rapidly and became a large trade centre which connected Russia with China and Mongolia. From around 1735, the settlement was called Udinsk (Уди́нск) and was granted town status in 1775. The Trans-Siberian Railway reached the city in 1900 causing an explosion in growth. The population which was 3,500 in 1880 reached 126,000 in 1939. Until 1991, Ulan-Ude was closed to foreigners. There are old merchants' mansions richly decorated with wood and stone carving in the historical centre of Ulan-Ude, along the river banks which are exceptional examples of Russian classicism. There is a large and highly unusual statue of the head of Vladimir Lenin in the central square: the largest in the world. Built in 1970 for the centennial of Lenin's birth, it towers over the main plaza at 7.7m and weighs 42T. We found the centre of the town to be uninvited…what was more interesting was what was happening down at the Uda river. We could have watched the men down there for hours, even at minus 10.. Intrigue... watch the video to find out If you like this video, please give it LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to our travel overlanding channel. We are also on Instagram and Facebook under the same name of Traveller's Nest Overland. REAL-TIME UPDATES on Social 📱 INSTAGRAM:   / travellersnestoverland   FACEBOOK:   / travellersnestoverland   WEBSITE: https:www.travellersnestoverland.com/ We hope to publish weekly on Saturday, as we find ourselves back in New Zealand after 19 months of overland travel around Asia, Russia and Europe due to this COVID-19 virus. Thanks for watching. Made with Love and Passion for the Road, Traveller's NEST team, Ro and Mark