TODD
Ok, uh, Devon, I hear that you took the train across Russia.
DEVON
Yes, I started in Moscow, travelled through Russia, Mongolia, and ended up in China.
TODD
Wow! That's a long way!
DEVON
Yes, it was. It took three weeks. I did it as part of a tour with ten other people.
TODD
Man, that's a cool trip. That must’ve cost a lot of money.
DEVON
It did cost a lot of money but not a lot of people can say they have done that, and so, umm, I looked in, I researched the trip several months before I actually took it. A friend and I did it together and there was one other American and the rest of the people were from Switzerland.
TODD
OK, Cool! Uh, what was the landscape like?
DEVON
A lot of it was flat and for miles around you could see absolutely nothing, and as you got into Siberia there was scattered trees, and when we got into Mongolia you could see some Camels every once in a while, but besides that there was a whole lot of nothing.
TODD
Wow. Just wild camels!
DEVON
Wild Camels around the drinking hole. Yeah, saw that more than once.
TODD
So how did you eat on this train?
DEVON
We stopped several times along the way and upon every platform you could buy food that local people were selling. A lot of it consisted of dried fish and other types of Russian delicacies and a lot of noodles that you heated up with hot water. Every train had hot water on it on every carriage so you were always able to make noodles if you were desperate.
TODD
So was this a luxurious train or was it a pretty basic...?
DEVON
It was pretty much the most basic you could get. There were no animals on board but sometimes they were coal-heated so it was very basic.
TODD
Wow! Would you do it again?
DEVON
Great question! Would I do it again? Yes, I would do it again but I would wait several years to do it. One because it does cost a lot of money and two because there are many other things to, to do, to see.
TODD
OK. Thanks a lot Devon.
DEVON
You’re very welcome.