Dervla's journey takes her beyond Siberia to the furthest corners of Russia. She discovers a world of lynx and elks, indigenous tribes and shamanism, reindeer broth and taiga-berry pie. She takes the coal-fuelled slow-train around regions hardly exposed to tourism and meets colourful and generous ch...

Dervla's journey takes her beyond Siberia to the furthest corners of Russia. She discovers a world of lynx and elks, indigenous tribes and shamanism, reindeer broth and taiga-berry pie. She takes the coal-fuelled slow-train around regions hardly exposed to tourism and meets colourful and generous characters. Here, she describes her experiences.