[Chaos]

^ Golden words VP! I appriciate this.

- like any other country I think it's not to any advantage if you wan't a career if you are posting videos in public about screwing girls and trying local drugs!
On the other hand I'm a blue collar dude so it wouldn't really affect me!
But then again I wish I wouldn't need to go back to those kind of jobs.

-writing about traveling and excluding girls and other " controversial things" would feel highly unatural!
I can't really imagine me excluding that part.
To write excellent content it need to be 100% natural and honest.
I have no fiction writing skills.

- regarding Finnish TV, I don't know.
We already have a hugely popular travel show called Madventures who are going to off the beaten track destinations like Yemen, Togo, PNG and so on. They are doing which are seen as highly controversial in Western media. Their third season was done in English and it reached the travel channel. Even if these guys did a lot of non PC stuff like eating human placenta, trying ayahusca, participated in the underground Japanese fetisch scene and so on. They excluded everything that had to do with chasing girls or getting laid.

Anyway thanks for the heads up!
I'm dying to get out on another adventure!

[michelin]

excellent post but a bit disappointed this epic journey only produced one bang. You wre clearly focused on other things than girls. trains are great because your travel destination is possibly the same, and it shouldn't be too hard to find a free compartment to push for the lay.

[Moma]

Chaos, I've never been to Russia but you are now interesting me with your writing. It's raw and direct..and it reminds me of Nigeria..same mentality but the majority of people have a different look!

I might have to take a trip at some point..the police bribes, the heat, the hustling, the people skills..it sounds very similar!

Keep it up, bro, your candor is very refreshing!

[Chaos]

^ glad you liked it.

Nigeria?! Now you got my attention. That's sounds brutal and interesting!
Have you written anything about it?

[Moma]

(05-19-2014 08:17 AM)Chaos Wrote:  

^ glad you liked it.

Nigeria?! Now you got my attention. That's sounds brutal and interesting!
Have you written anything about it?

Here is the datasheet right here Nigerian datasheet

[ChrisGambi]

plus one on Kamchatka. The hottest girl i pulled in my life was a student in st pete who had moved there from kamchatka..

[Alpha_Romeo]

Great data sheet.

Question. On the Trans Siberian Railway is it possible to game or even bang chicks? I imagine that isolation would be the biggest challenge. Perhaps paying the extra dough to get a compartment all to oneself wouldn't be a bad idea after all.

Thoughts?

[rudebwoy]

Just when I think this forum is going downhill, you come along and post a report which is simply outstanding. Bravo my friend and keep them coming.

The Moscow gal sounded nice, damn you should have stayed and smashed that for the team.

+1 from me.

[Vacancier Permanent]

Chaos,
Don't worry about not having writing skills. We all start as a beginner and learn. Start blogging, write one solid post say every other day and within 3 moths you will write like a pro!

What's your next adventure? When?

[Switch]

This summer I have one week to do have an adventure, I was thinking Japan or South Korea, but going trans-mongolian railway from Beijing to Moscow sounds like a really cool option. Nice report.

[Chaos]

(05-20-2014 11:52 PM)Switch Wrote:  

This summer I have one week to do have an adventure, I was thinking Japan or South Korea, but going trans-mongolian railway from Beijing to Moscow sounds like a really cool option. Nice report.

If you have only one week, don't even bother.
You will spend all your time in the train.
Postpone until you have at least three weeks.

[Chaos]

(05-20-2014 08:45 PM)Vacancier Permanent Wrote:  

Chaos,
Don't worry about not having writing skills. We all start as a beginner and learn. Start blogging, write one solid post say every other day and within 3 moths you will write like a pro!

What's your next adventure? When?

I'm right now balancing on a razors edge so I don't know how things will end up.
It could be next month, or in the fall, or next winter!
Hopefully soon!

[Chaos]

(05-20-2014 07:43 PM)rudebwoy Wrote:  

Just when I think this forum is going downhill, you come along and post a report which is simply outstanding. Bravo my friend and keep them coming.

The Moscow gal sounded nice, damn you should have stayed and smashed that for the team.

+1 from me.

Thanks man.
Yeah, a lot of guys have their own websites these days and they prefer to write there instead of here on the forum. Which is understandble.

[Sidney Crosby]

Just read that you can't drink on the train in Russia anymore, does anyone know how much they enforce the rules or are they pretty slack?

I hoped of one day taking it but I think you would have to be drunk at some of the most boring points.

[Chaos]

(11-16-2014 10:31 PM)Sidney Crosby Wrote:  

Just read that you can't drink on the train in Russia anymore, does anyone know how much they enforce the rules or are they pretty slack?

I hoped of one day taking it but I think you would have to be drunk at some of the most boring points.

Where did you read that?

Sounds strange, but if it is true I'm sure the rules are pretty slack with that.
Drinking in public and smoking in bars,restaurants and clubs is also forbidden...

I can't imagine Russians being totally sober on long train journeys.

[Sidney Crosby]

^ I read it on some douchey travel blog. I thought it sounded strange.

https://heatherandjamesinasia.wordpress....mesinasia/
About 1/4 down the page

What about cold beer we hear you all ask? Well it turns out that alcohol is now banned on Kazakh and Russian trains. James found this out the hard way. He bought a bottle from a station platform, drank it with a little help from Heather, and then went to throw away the bottle in the bin at end of the carriage. We were getting close to the Russian border at this point so there were lots of undercover police with sniffer dogs on board. One of the former spotted the bottle and – thinking James was Kazakh or Russian – asked to see his ID card. By the time he realised that James doesn’t speak Russian (and therefore more bother than he’s worth) it was too late. Luckily we got away with just a brusque passport check, a once over sniff-test from the Alsatian, and a warning from a co-passenger that clarified what James had done wrong: “Beer. No.”

They probably just misunderstood the situation with the language barrier etc. the co-passenger probably just meant he's a pussy for not drinking vodka

[tattiemasher]

I was on a Russian train twice over the summer, I had some drinks and saw a few people with their own beer who had no problems.

Going by the story, he went to put the bottle into the bin at the same time as the police were searching the carriage with sniffer dogs. I'd guess the police thought it seemed suspicious or that he was trying to get rid of something he shouldn't have had, and gave him the once-over as a matter of protocol.

[master]

Fantastic read, enjoyed every sentence!!

I plan to do the trip in summer 2017 from Mockba to Vladivostok with stops.
How would you go around stopping? I was thinking Kazan, Perm, Novosibirks, Irkutsk (obv) etc etc with 3-4 days per city and maybe a week in Vladivostok. Is this enough to try and pull girls?

You've pipelined a lot you mention, how exactly did you pull it off?

[tattiemasher]

Unless you're looking to get a flag in every city, there are quite a few places you'll have seen everything in a day or two. I've not been to Perm either, but I was always told it was full of criminals. I'm sure there was a case a few years ago of a kebab place selling human meat too, but I might have it mixed up with somewhere else.

My own recommendations for stopping along the way, even just a day or two: Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk/Baikal, Ulan-Ude, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok. You'll cover most of the diverse places along the route in those cities, anywhere else interesting is inaccessible by rail or road and you'll need flights. The main exception I'd make, and this is if you have the time and money, is to stop off somewhere like Barnaul or closer, and go for a trip in the Altai region. Some stunning scenery there.

Otherwise if you have lots of time add in anywhere else that you find interesting, like Krasnoyarsk or Ufa. But tbh, you're only stopping for nature, girls and a shower in most stops along the way. Vladivostok won't take a week to explore, but after that much time constant travelling via train it might be good to just relax and take your time at the end of the road. In summer you can head to Russkiy Ostrov, the beaches, and just outside the city limits for a great day out. My only advice would be to finish in Vladivostok late July or in August, because you get Asian-style rainy days in June and most of July.

And for timescale sake, a non-stop one-way journey from west to east takes 8-10 days. My trip stopping in 5 cities took 3 weeks. Plan accordingly.

[kaotic]

This was a fucking bad ass read. I love meeting new people man, this was just amazing !

[Four_Strong_Winds]

can you make another post and tell all the side-stories etc? i come away from your tale needing more still yet

[Ringo]

Fantastic post, Chaos. +1. Can't believe I missed it for so long.

I should be able to take a 3 month+ trip in 2017. Was thinking SEA, but these stories had me researching Russia like mad.

My biggest worry is that I'm not a drinker and detest getting drunk. I don't know how possible it is to not drink during this trip. Drinking seems like such a huge piece of russian culture that I'm sure the trip wouldn't be as enjoyable for a non-drinker. So many doors open when everyone is drunk together, the cost of lost opportunities would be too high

[Chaos]

Thanks Ringo!

Believe me I have been thinking about the same thing since I put all drinking on hold.

I'm pretty sure that traveling around in Russia sober would be quite a different journey, not necessarily bad, but different for sure. The biggest inconvinience would be to constantly be declining drinks to the left and to the right without people losing their respect for you. It could be treated as a sign of rudeness.

Anyway, I'll give it a shot sooner or later. I had originally planned to start a new trip in June, but then I got invited to a few weddings so the trip is on hold during the summer.

Let's see. But don't let the drinking scare you away.
There are still plenty of girls who don't drink that much in Russia.
Could be a unique experience.

[DraperJ.hank]

Awesome writing! 1+
Im looking in to do a three month trip from Vladivostok to Moscow then Kiev in the upcoming year or two with a buddy of mine!
Would you say Russia is pricey outside of Moscow?

[Nascimento]

Holy shit. First time I read this. Bravo.