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Only the second part in and already: *siberian train ride, *drunk russians, *antisemitism, *dancing koreans, *smug journalists.....

This must be promoted. Again, and again, and again...

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The main guy reminded me of the actor Ray winstone.

After watching all 7 parts... that is some crazy stuff. It's very hard to believe that there's still a country in the world where the leader has enough control to prevent it's people from knowing anything they don't want them to know about the outside world.

This whole video reminds me how far we still have yet to fall. Go America, we still have so much left to loose, lets not go full retard yet!

>> ^Nebosuke:

After watching all 7 parts... that is some crazy stuff. It's very hard to believe that there's still a country in the world where the leader has enough control to prevent it's people from knowing anything they don't want them to know about the outside world.


Sci fi predicts this will be the norm once again; technology is a double edged sword.

Having taken the Trans-Siberian, I was loving the memories that Part 2 evoked: cabin fever, vodka, and random locals wanting to drink with you. Contrary to their experience, everyone I met on the train was amazing, although the drudgery of days and days of unchanging landscape does make the journey less romantic than you might think.

As always with VICE, this is a fantastic documentary.

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>> ^SlipperyPete:

Having taken the Trans-Siberian, I was loving the memories that Part 2 evoked: cabin fever, vodka, and random locals wanting to drink with you. Contrary to their experience, everyone I met on the train was amazing, although the drudgery of days and days of unchanging landscape does make the journey less romantic than you might think.
As always with VICE, this is a fantastic documentary.


I always wanted to ride the Trans-Siberian, and even with the monotony and the drunks the experience looked not at all unpleasant.

>> ^SuperChikan:

>> ^SlipperyPete:
Having taken the Trans-Siberian, I was loving the memories that Part 2 evoked: cabin fever, vodka, and random locals wanting to drink with you. Contrary to their experience, everyone I met on the train was amazing, although the drudgery of days and days of unchanging landscape does make the journey less romantic than you might think.
As always with VICE, this is a fantastic documentary.

I always wanted to ride the Trans-Siberian, and even with the monotony and the drunks the experience looked not at all unpleasant.


Time of year is a big factor - Summers are hot, buggy, but the days are quite long; I arrived in St. Petersburg on or about Nov 15 and had made it to Beijing about Dec 15. Near-Winter in Siberia wasn't too fun, but I imagine early Autumn would be ideal (late Sept, early Oct).

It was definitely an amazing experience, and by far the cheapest way to travel per kilometer on the planet.

I just dug out a CDR of pics - will post one or two later as part of my trip down memory lane.

Omsk train station (Nov 21, 2004):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48245914@N00/6637294193/

A couple of random locals we met in Omsk - their English was pretty good, and they showed us a fantastic time (I'm on the right):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48245914@N00/6637293881

@SlipperyPete O ya, I didn't even think about the long days aspect...that is pretty far north. Crazy. Be interesting to head there in a couple of years, all this talk of global warming has some land speculators asking the question that perahps a land mass the size of the US might become farmable land in that once snowscape, interesting! Russia the next breadbasket of the world, that would be interesting indeed.

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I met a young Dutch couple in shanghai that took the train. They said it was an experience... glad they did but never would again, mostly because they said the Russian people were an awfully rude lot. I guess Russia isn't much dependent on the tourist trade.

Google Simon Ostrovsky, he's got some great vids out there.

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Another great documentary from the Vice Crew!

For the next level of insanity go here http://videosift.com/video/Bert-Kreischer-is-the-Machine

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Thanks siftbot!

>> ^SlipperyPete:

Omsk train station (Nov 21, 2004):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48245914@N00/6637294193/
A couple of random locals we met in Omsk - their English was pretty good, and they showed us a fantastic time (I'm on the right):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48245914@N00/6637293881


Very cool!

These Vice Guides are great because they focus as much on the process of getting to a story as much as capturing it.


Soo much of the excitement in journalism and photojournalism is in the process.

Alternative embed as a single fulllength video http://www.vice.com/vice-news/north-korean-labor-camps-full-length