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Not A Real Trans-Siberian Trip

Crossing Russia on the Trans-Siberian should really be about long days with nothing to do, sharing cabins with unusual locals and learning to share your vodka. But a new train set to hit the rails next month is trying to spoil all that.

The new Golden Eagle train will have the largest cabins available on the Trans-Sib route, and each will include ensuite bathrooms, plasma TVs with DVD players and underfloor heating to enhance your comfort as you journey for two weeks from Moscow to Vladivostok.

The thing we really hate is that you'll mostly travel by night (missing out on most of the amazing views of Siberia), and the scheduled day trips sound like they're designed to give the least possible contact with the locals--even the tour of the Kremlin in Moscow is described as private. And please: if you wanna watch all those DVDs on your plasma, couldn't you just stay at home?

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