THE TRANS SIBERIAN EXPRESS | The most incredible railway on Earth? Riding 3RD CLASS CABIN TOUR

The Trans-Siberian Express is the most famous railroad on earth. This incredible train winds its way 9 000 kilometers from Moscow in Europe to Vladivostok on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. We decided to take this train across one of its most beautiful stretches, passing through the heart of Siberia, through large cities, small remote villages and over large mountain ranges, along the shores of beautiful Lake Baikal and eventually to the mysterious city of Ulan-Ude. We're currently in Topki which is about 50 kilometers outside of Kemerovo. The plan is to take the train 2 000 kilometers east to the city of Ulan-Ude. There are lots of policemen here. I don't know if you can see them behind me. The taxi driver that got us here told us that apparently they're escorting the prisoners. Hopefully they're not getting on Good morning. It is 7 a.m. It's a bit of a rough night's sleep to be honest. It's up every every hour at least. There's people moving around the carriage all night going to the loo. When they move along the corridor they're sort of clipping the ends of your feet, leaning onto your bed, so it wasn't the best night's sleep. But have a look at the view out the window. Have a tea, some breakfast, try to wake up a little and then we'll show you around the carriage. So we're in platzkart which is like third class. It's completely open, so we've got two beds above us. Our two beds obviously and then two beds on the opposite side of the corridor and everything's completely open. But you can also book a coupe which is when you have four people in one room and then also a spannivagon which is completely private. There's two beds, your table and you can lock the door and shut it behind you. For this two-day leg we paid 3000 rubles and we used the site called tutu.ru which is a really comfortable website to use with english and russian version. We're going to put it down below for you. Another thing you get included in the price is bedding. So we got each a duvet, a sheet and a pillowcase. So obviously when you book online you can choose where your bed's going to be on the train. We purposely chose the bottom seats because we have the socket nearby and obviously we've got a lot of gear to charge up so we can just keep that on the table charging constantly. And also you can lift up the beds that we're sitting on and store everything underneath so it's a lot safer. There's also coat hangers on each side of your bed and a closing shelfy thingy where you can store your belongings. Here's the table that you share with your neighbors and you've got quite a lot of room underneath the table where again you can store your belongings. Let's go check out the toilet. You can put the rubbish in there and there is the throne. Soap, you've got your water, even got an air freshener, toilet seat covers, the toilet itself, even got the toilet. It's not that bad. And it's definitely best to bring some food along with you. Some of the trains have restaurant cards unfortunately our one doesn't but apparently you can buy all the food and like dry food i think some little loose teas and coffees from the conductor. And we've got a bag full of food with us. Make the most out of the stops. You can go outside and have some fresh air. That's what i'm going to do now. Matt is going to guard our bags here. As we continued our travels east things got incredibly beautiful. So our last set of neighbors have just left. We just looked online at the station and we're hoping, touch wood, no one else is getting on. So we've got this entire section to ourselves which would be pretty good. That's a car. Good morning. The time is 8 30 and we're somewhere east of Luhansk. We are coming up to the trench of the Trans-Siberian Express. The train glides for hours on end along the shores of the oldest lake in the world, Lake Baikal. The scenery outside the window is absolutely stunning. I know for some people taking the Trans-Siberian Express during the winter may sound like a step too far but for me personally i couldn't think of a better time to do it. We would be showing you a lot more of Baikal but so you're gonna see them. Because our friends are gone let's try and go on the top and see how it is there. Oh it's not that hard. It's not that difficult. They have all the space at the top here to put the thing on. It's pretty cozy and you have this thing here so you don't fall off if the train's opening too much. Talking about the temperature on the train because we're going in the winter it's actually really really warm and also if you get chilly there are quills for everyone. You can't go on a train journey in Russia without dashirag. This is like essential food. We've seen everyone on this train eating it and now it's our turn. Normally we get spicy beef but we decided to go you know extra special and we're trying one with seafood this time. And of course you've got your hot tub perfect for your instant noodles. Welcome to Buratia and the wild east. After 40 hours on the train we're finally pulling into Ulan-Ude, the capital of this remote region. We were just saying that 40 hours didn't feel that long at all. We probably could go comfortably another day on the train. We're going to spend next few days here and we're very excited about exploring this beautiful city with its unique culture. So the videos from Ulan-Ude are going to be coming up next so stay tuned for those. But for now we'll bid you farewell.