Around Kazan Railway Station

Looking into the City, from the railway station

Was this the old Kazan Railway Station building?

Railway terminal, Kazan

Left-luggage service at the Kazan Railway Station and the rates

Left-luggage service at the Kazan Railway Station and the rates
I needed to get that information because the day I was to leave Kazan, my AirBnB checkout time was in the morning and my train to Yekaterinburg was leaving at night.

The left-luggage service at the railway station

Kazan

Train, now leaving Kazan to go further east

View from the Kazan Railway Station

Kazan, finally

Then came the morning of September 8.  Shortly before 11 am, the train reached Kazan.

Looking out, the other way

My bed in the Kazan bound train

Russian train sleeping and seating arrangement

Looking out from the train

And the sink--water not potable

Provision for a shower in the Russian train

Russian train toilet instructions

Checked out the train toilet

And finally the train arrived

Near the track for the Kazan bound train

Kazan bound train from Moscow

Stopped at a very busy McDonalds in Moscow

Lenin Library, Moscow and the man

Lenin Library, Moscow

Walking towards the railway station in Moscow--Kazansky railway terminal

Moscow Library photo

Moscow Library photo

Moscow Library photo

Moscow Library photo

Moscow Library photo

Moscow Library photo

Moscow Library photo

Moscow Library photo

At the Moscow Library

When I got tired of walking around, I took refuge in the Moscow Library.

Travel maps

The above maps show my overland (and over water) travel route, from September 4, 2019--when I landed in Moscow--to October 22, 2019, when I reached Dubai, my final destination of this trip.

Stop-overs along the way
Moscow
Kazan
Yekaterinburg
Petropavl
Astana
Almaty
Bishkek
Osh
Tashkent
Khujand
Dushanbe
Samarkand
Bukhara
Nukus
Konya-Urgench
Darvaza
Ashgabat
Turkmenbashi
Ashgabat
Mary
Sarahs
Mashhad
Bandar Abbas
Sharjah
Dubai

Countries along the way
Russia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Iran
UAE

Feeling lighter

I was feeling much lighter after leaving my big backpack in the locker at the railway station.

Trash along the way

Locker number 46

I was able to make a payment using my credit card

It had to be done quickly

Ready to leave the room

On my way back to the AirBnB room

This too

Along the way

Next morning

My train to Kazan was in the evening.  Went to the railway station to find out about the left luggage service.  These photos were taken along the way.

along the way

along the way