January 2009, Grodyekovo to Vladivostok Russia

After clearing the custom at the border control next to the railway station, and some waiting, we finally get on the bus that will take us to the city/town of Vladivostok. The view outside the bus window was bleak and barren. But the trip was less uneventful. The bus broke down along the way, in the middle of nowhere, in the depth of winter, on the far east of Russia, with the Siberia wind blowing. And right outside what looks like a Russia army firing zone.