Amazon.com description: Product Description: The pace of change has been so fast in Russia and the new Republics in recent years that even seasoned travellers to the East will welcome this up-to-date guide to travel in the area. This edition offers a complete guide on where to eat and stay, how to travel, what to see and do, and how to avoid trouble. The authors also reveal how to obtain a ticket for the Genghis Khan express to Almaty; where to drink fermented mare's milk or Tatar beer; how to make a flight to Russia's Far East without using Aeroflot; the site of the world's highest ice-rink and lowest temperature; and the knack of driving defensively on the streets of Siberia. A book for any traveller to Russia and the Republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirkhiziam, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. It contains a special section on the Trans-Siberian railway.