MIR Corporation's Travel Log

MIR's travel logs offer a first hand account of the wonders of MIR's destinations. To learn more about our tours, request a catalog.

• Chinese Turkestan & Central Asia
  Almaty, Urumqi, Kashgar and Bishkek
  MIR's Director of Scheduled Tours Andrew Barron traveled on the first portion of MIR's six country Silk Road adventure in May of 2008. Read about his journey through some of the Silk Road's most fascinating cities.
  
  
  
  
• Treasures of the Trans-Caucasus
  through Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
  MIR Tour Manager Devin Connolly traveled through the Caucasus in September and October 2008. Read about her impressions of this unique and beautiful region.
  
  
  
  
• Trans-Siberian Railway by Private Train
  from Moscow to UlaanBaatar aboard the Golden Eagle
  MIR clients Helge Pedersen and Karen Ofsthus ride the rails of the fabled Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to UlaanBaatar on MIR's Trans-Siberian from Moscow to UlaanBaatar private rail journey as they check in from each stop with stories, photos and video.



• Trans-Siberian Railway by Private Train
  from Irkutsk to Moscow aboard the Tsar's Gold
  In the fall of 2008, MIR Sales Specialist Charity Shaller took a ride on a portion of our Trans-Siberian Express Between Beijing & Moscow aboard the Tsar's Gold private train. Follow along as she describes her adventurous journey from Irkutsk, Siberia, to Moscow.



• Ancient Persia, Modern Iran
  Join MIR Tour Specialist Meaghan Samuels on a tour of Iran she took with her clients in April 2008. Follow her through Tehran, Yazd, Kerman, Shiraz and Persepolis as she discovers this beautiful country of 65 million.
  
  
  
  
• Volga River Cruise with the Russian National Orchestra
  Join veteran MIR traveler Moonyeen Albrecht on a cruise through the heartland of Russia accompanied by the fine musicians of the Russian National Orchestra.
  
  
  
  
  
• Russia's Southern Urals & Lower Volga
  Follow along with Bill Altaffer, declared the "World's Most Traveled Man" in 2005, and a group of travelers through the Urals and Lower Volga and into some of the lesser-known towns along the way.