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  • Siberian Bus Rides – Getting Funky With Your Bad Self
    Living in Siberia for a year allowed me to experience things I never would have in San Diego. Getting funky with your bad self on Siberian bus rides was one such thing.
  • Siberia, Russia, Part 9 – Chita
    After deciding to move to Siberia for a year to teach at the Chita State Technical University, I embarked on a travel odyssey unlike any other. In this entry, we pick up the last stage of the seven-day trip to get there.
  • Siberia, Russia, Part 8 – The Slow Train
    After deciding to move to Siberia for a year to teach at the Chita State Technical University, I embarked on a travel odyssey unlike any other. In this entry, we pick up the trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
  • Siberia, Russia, Part 7 – The Trans-Siberian Railway
    After deciding to move to Siberia for a year to teach at the Chita State Technical University, I embarked on a travel odyssey unlike any other. In this entry, we pick up the trip leaving the train station in Khabarovsk.
  • Siberia, Russia Part 6 – When Stairs Attack in the Khabarovsk Train Station
    In this continuing series, we cover my move from San Diego to Chita, Siberia to be a professor at Chita State Technical University. We pick up the story going to the train station in Khabarovsk to catch the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
  • Siberia, Russia Part 5 – Khabarovsk and a Little Russian
    In this continuing series, we cover my move from San Diego to Chita, Siberia to be a professor at Chita State Technical University. We pick up the story outside the airport in Khabarovsk, Russia.
  • Siberia, Russia Part 4 – Airport Follies and a Stern Lecture
    In this continuing series, we cover my decision to move from San Diego to Chita, Siberia to be a professor at Chita State Technical University. We pick up the story aboard the flight from Anchorage to Khabarovsk, Russia.
  • Siberia, Russia Part 3 – Communist Planes and Defining “Fluent”
    In the first two parts of this series, we covered my decision to move from San Diego to Chita, Siberia to be a professor at Chita State Technical University. We pick up the story aboard the flight from Anchorage to Khabarovsk, Russia.
  • Siberia, Russia Part 2 – Where Are We and What Day Is It?
    Standing in the airport in San Diego, I began to wonder exactly how long it was going to take to get to the city of Chita in Siberia. The combination of a vodka hangover, three flights, one train ride and a jump over the international date line didn’t help. At first glance, it looked like a total of two days, which wasn’t bad for going to the other side of the earth.
  • Siberia, Russia Part 1 - Here I Come!
    “You must really hate this job.” That’s what my boss said when I told him I was moving from San Diego to Siberia for a year. In reality, I was bored and looking for something that would be completely and utterly new. Whether it was sunstroke or a developing tolerance to margaritas, San Diego just wasn’t cutting it anymore. Heck, I hadn’t even gone to the beach in nine months and it was only a few blocks away. Time to rediscover a zest for life.
  • Russian Thanksgiving Dinner – Mystery Ingredients
    Living for a year in Siberia was bound to results in a few laughs. There was no funnier time than my effort to celebrate Thanksgiving.
  • Russian Romance – I Love You
    Romance and Russia, the two words just go together. Unless, of course, you are trying to speak in Russian.
  • Russia Travel Visa – Vodka and Old Friends
    If you think getting a visa to travel to Russia is difficult, you should try getting one to travel around the country. Living in Russia, I needed just such a Russia travel visa to go to a human rights conference. Ironic, eh?
  • Playing Chess in Russia – The Agony of Victory
    Russians have a thing for chess and, frankly, are very good at it. Being from San Diego, I thought chess was something you put photo albums in.
  • Peter the Great's Summer Palace – St. Petersburg, Russia
    During the communist reign in Russia, architectural styles could best be described as bland. Fortunately, the summer palace of Peter the Great wasn’t affected.
  • Only in Russia – Tinda
    While living in Siberia for a year, I agreed to speak at a human rights conference. Only in Russia will you find a place like Tinda, a city we stopped in on our way.
  • Living In Siberia – Lenin's Revenge
    In 1999, I moved to Chita, a city in Siberia, Russia to teach for a year. After seven days of planes, trains and, well, more trains, I was ready to experience Chita in all its glory.
  • Halloween In Siberia – Sort Of
    Live in another country and you’ll start to experience serious cultural differences. This is particularly true as I discovered with Halloween in Siberia.
  • Eastern Russia – Vladivostok, Khabarovsk and Magadan
    With an incredibly large land mass, Russia is really many countries in one. In this article, we take a look at travel destinations in the Far East.
  • A Day at the Summer Palace of Peter the Great
    For elegance and old world feel, St. Petersburg is by far the best Russian city. If you go, a visit to Peterhof, the summer palace of Peter the Great is a must.
  • Chita, Siberia – A Little History
    In 1999, I decided to live a year in the city of Chita, Russia. For those not in the know, Chita is a city in Siberia.


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