After an early morning, 916 mile long flight, from Warsaw with LOT (flight LO281) we arrived into London Heathrow. It was quick trip into central London on the Heathrow Express before heading to St Pancras for our train back to Derby. So this is it, with less than 130 miles to go until back home the trip is drawing to a close. Catching the 1130 East Midlands Train service from London back to Derby really does bring this trip to an end - but what a great trip it ...

Arriving into Warsaw airport at 2115 on flight LO678 we had less than eight hours before we would be heading back to the UK. Given the brief stay in Poland we settled for the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel as it was walking distance from the airport terminal. As I have very few photos we did not much more than head to bed after checking in and having a drink at the bar. Not much more to say really. Nearly back home, just over 1,000 miles to go (or 16,000 miles tr...

After the nine hour flight from Vladivostok to Moscow we had a rather lengthy wait in the airport terminal. If we had booked a through flight with Aeroflot then the price to get back to the UK was extortionate, but taking an eleven hour break in travel at Sheremetyevo airport saved us a fortune even though we needed an night in a hotel in Warsaw . . . . . . It was not an exciting time if honest and after many coffees, a few snacks and probably a beer or two it w...

It could be viewed that it was all easy going as we woke up early in the morning with just a few hours to go until we were due to arrive in Vladivostok, but alas it all then went pear shaped! With not too many miles to go the train broke down and we sat, and sat, and sat until they could eventually get us on the move again. With a late arrival into Vladivostok this was the first real delay we encountered in over 8,000 miles of rail travel so this was not too ba...

The three night trip between Ulan-Ude and Vladivostok on one train was the longest continuous trip we did on the Trans Siberian route. We boarded Train 8 at Ulan-Ude and then off we went on a 2,200+ mile final push to Vladivostok. The long distance services in Russia do suffer from having their toilets locked around 45 minutes before arrival at each station and also for around 45 minutes after leaving each station and given the station stops themselves were anyt...