While planning our trip to Moscow (by car) later this year, I came across a virtual trip from Moscow to Vladivostok with the help of Google Maps and YouTube.
The virtual trip consists of a video stream showing the view from a train while you can see the position on Google Maps. To make things more interesting, you can listen to the rumble of the train wheels, a Russian radio station, some balalaika music or one of the three Russian books.
It’s a joint project of Google and the Russian railways to promote the Trans Siberian Railway.
Well… we are planning to make the Trans Siberian journey in 2011, so this gives us a little taste of what we can expect.
You can enjoy the trip yourself at this page.