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.
Day 4!
If youve been reading this series on NomadJournalTrips.com, you know my original travel estimate was 2 days from San Diego to Chita, Russia. Well, day 4 has arrived and I am just getting on the train. This horrible time estimate is evidence of a poor math education. I blame the American education system!
I never could figure out those math hypotheticals, If a train is going south at x speed and a cyclist is going north at x speed, when will they meet? When are they going to meet? More like, What the heck is cyclist going to look like WHEN they meet? What about his family, not to mention the nightmares suffered by the conductor. I mean, really, who can do math under such circumstances?
StairsEvil, Evil Stairs
At the Intourist hotel, we arranged for train tickets to Chita. By we, I mean my friend Grae did everything. For $27, we...