We've just stumbled upon the new wonderful MAP-CUM VIDEO OF THE TRANS SIBERIAN EXPRESS BY GOOGLE RUSSIA AND RUSSIAN RAILWAYS.
The project pieces together a series of videos shot from the window of a Trans-Siberian carriage as it spans the 5,752-mile length of the world's most famous long-distance railway.
Various images and bite-sized history lessons pop up along the way, and, from time to time, the window seat footage is complemented by city video tours! There's even a soundtrack if you want one too, with optional Russian radio, balalaika music, Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace read in Russian, or simply the rumbling of the train wheels.
There has been lots of debates about the future of travel and, in these carbon-conscious times, it has often been suggested that this is the way forward, offering a 5,75s journey across Russia without leaving your desk.
(Frankly, we don't think so, having spent a very pleasant evening on the Moscow to St Petersburg sleeper, learning phoenetic Russian over a bucket full of mini-vodkas..an experience that takes some beating..)
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