Youth With A Mission Perm Молодежь с Миссией Пермь

I'm going to take a chance and say that yes, I've been on the Trans-Siberian Express. It's interesting to say the least. If you decide to take the "cattle-car", expect to share your space and all your things with the other passengers, it's ok though, most people are nice. You will run into an occasional drunk guy, and they're usually pretty "happy" to. They sell things on the train as well, anything from jeans to...well... anything.
I'm not sure if we were actually still on the Trans-Siberian when we traveled to Mongolia, but it's very dusty, especially if you leave your windows down all night, I woke up to find a fine grit covering my teeth. MMMM, good Mongolian soil. Don't leave anything unattended in the compartments, they WILL get stolen, I lost my iPOD and camera that way.
Gotta say though, I'd do it all over again!
Jim Hale
P.S.-That's Pasha in the picture, not me. :)