Vladivostok to St. Petersburg by Car: One New Zealander's Journey Across Russia

[MattSh]

The longest road trip across one country you can take

Travelling from one side of the world’s largest country to the other by car is a dream that has no doubt been jotted down on many a bucket list — but how many people actually set out to make the daunting journey?

Tim McCready, a business development expert from New Zealand is one of them. Using the hashtag #TimInRussia, he has been documenting his journey with two friends. The trip, with the odd deviation from the route plan, will span five weeks across July and August, and McCready’s updates are a fascinating insight into its highs and occasional lows.​

So far, the three friends have taken in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Blagoveshchensk, Chita, Ulan-Ude, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk Novosibirsk and Omsk – and that’s just the first half. From Omsk, the journey will take them to ​Tobolsk, Yekaterinburg, Perm, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd, Moscow, a few of the Golden Ring towns to its north, Novgorod and finally, St. Petersburg.

Complete story at - http://russia-insider.com/en/vladivostok-st-petersburg-car-one-new-zealanders-journey/ri9033

[hifiguy]

1. That has to be an amazing experience.

I hope at least one of them is fluent in Russian.

[MattSh]

2. Yes, one is native. nt

[HereSince1628]

3. That has got to be one of the 'ultimate' road trips!

Epic.

[PufPuf23]

4. I would love to be able to take that trip.

Questions:

What was the type of car? BTW the highway photo at the link showed a rural (forested landscape) highway in excellent shape with zero traffic.

What was the price and availability of gasoline?

What was the cost and availability of accomodations and food?

They travel with a friend that speaks the language which helped and enhanced the trip.

[Solly Mack]

5. That would be awesome to do!

[geek tragedy]

6. Safe to assume they're heterosexual? nt