The people here like railways. Right?
http://www.google.ru/intl/ru/landing/transsib/en.html (http://www.google.ru/intl/ru/landing/transsib/en.html)
That is both awesome and insane! I mean, who has a spare week to sit down and watch it... although ... there's not much on the TV these days... ;D
i was told, from people who did it, the sole point of doing it in real life is not getting to vladiwostock. it's the only travel where you can drink wodka for a whole week without missing anything.
so get yourself about two dozens of bottles and sit down.