The Kingsmill's Trans-Russia-Mongolian Overland Trip, Part 6: North Cape

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Travel story: The Kingsmill's Trans-Russia-Mongolian Overland Trip, Part 6: North Cape

After having travelled over 17,000km we have finally exited Russia and are now in Norway. What an adventure it has been. Our last newsletter was from Kazan, 1000km east of Moscow.

From Kazan we drove on the M7 highway to Nizhny Novgorod. This is a sprawling city of over 2 million people, the third largest city in Russia. We drove into the city and stayed at the Voltsky Ohsk Hotel which overlooks the Volga River, the longest river in Europe with a length of 3,700km. This is a busy... More