Blogshank - Mike Smith, Illustrator and Diary Blogger » trans-siberian https://blogshank.com Mon, 11 May 2026 23:21:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Omsk and Tomsk https://blogshank.com/2011/09/omsk-and-tomsk/ https://blogshank.com/2011/09/omsk-and-tomsk/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 08:40:10 +0000 Mike http://blogshank.com/?p=1097 When Caz was little there was a world map their kitchen wall, and she found it hilarious that there was a place called Omsk and a place called Tomsk. Her Dad said they must go there one day, so we took a diversion to Tomsk, which is a small branch line (ie several hours in Russian terms) off the trans-Siberian railway. Caz’s Dad flew in to Moscow and joined us especially for that bit.

Travel diary, London-Singapore by train: Moscow to Omsk

Travel diary, London-Singapore by train: Omsk

“The lady said she knows 3 expressions in English: ‘Thank you,’ ‘I love you,’ and ‘It’s a miracle!’”

Travel diary, London-Singapore by train: Taiga and Tomsk

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