One Steppe Beyond: Across Russia in a VW Camper
Nonfiction, Travel, Europe, Russia & Former Soviet Republics, Adventure & Literary Travel
| Author: | Thom Wheeler | ISBN: | 9780857653277 |
| Publisher: | Summersdale Publishers Ltd | Publication: | August 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Summersdale Publishers Ltd | Language: | English |
| Author: | Thom Wheeler |
| ISBN: | 9780857653277 |
| Publisher: | Summersdale Publishers Ltd |
| Publication: | August 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Summersdale Publishers Ltd |
| Language: | English |
Travelling across the former Soviet Union is a challenge at the best of times – but in a dilapidated VDub… that’s got to be plain daft... hasn’t it?
A chance job offer at a timber yard in Estonia gives Thom and his old pal Jo a taste for the unknown. So when Uncle Tony asks them to drive to Vladivostok for another job, they can’t think of a good reason why not.
The result is a classic caper across the former Soviet Union in Max, a rusty old VW camper. Knowing little of the language or the geography ahead, they embark on probably the longest commute ever, encountering corrupt officials, film star mechanics and over-friendly gangsters. Far off the tourist trail, they bear witness to the collapse of one nation and the birth of a new one during the free-for-all that was Russia in the nineties.
Travelling across the former Soviet Union is a challenge at the best of times – but in a dilapidated VDub… that’s got to be plain daft... hasn’t it?
A chance job offer at a timber yard in Estonia gives Thom and his old pal Jo a taste for the unknown. So when Uncle Tony asks them to drive to Vladivostok for another job, they can’t think of a good reason why not.
The result is a classic caper across the former Soviet Union in Max, a rusty old VW camper. Knowing little of the language or the geography ahead, they embark on probably the longest commute ever, encountering corrupt officials, film star mechanics and over-friendly gangsters. Far off the tourist trail, they bear witness to the collapse of one nation and the birth of a new one during the free-for-all that was Russia in the nineties.
