Siberia. It is a cold place, and we felt the cold as we travelled in the northern part. This part of the world consists of bears, taiga, and shuttered gulags and wilderness. Siberia is known for its long, harsh winters, with a average of −25 °C. During our visit we tried to drive across a lake or maybe hire a snowmobile to reach the Solovetsky Islands; one of the cruellest Soviet prison camps. But bad weather and snowstorms made this impossible. Another problem we encountered was the fact that secondary roads are not cleared in Russia and sometimes the roads just stop in the last village, creating the need to back track and try the next road. On the bright side, it did show us parts of Russia that others may have not seen.
We finished our trip in St Petersberg arriving during peak hour and it took 2 hours to cover the 11 kilometers to our parking spot in the centre of town