A freight train on the Trans Siberian Railway runs next to Lake Baikal. (Creative Commons photo).
The new Robert Anton Wilson book just out from Hilaritas, A Non-Euclidean Perspective: Robert Anton Wilson's Political Commentaries 1960-2005, includes an interview of RAW by Steve "Fly" Pratt. I was intrigued by this bit:
FLY: Yeah, I'm thinking of moving to Siberia.
RAW: You've moving to Siberia? That's not such a bad idea. I thought about moving to Amsterdam.
FLY: I found the city of Amsterdam to be one of the more liberal-thinking cities of Europe.
This is not the most important question, ever, but I wondered: Why did Fly want to move to Siberia? (He is quite the world traveler, but Siberia?) Why did RAW think it was not a bad idea? So I finally just asked. I emailed Steve: "I am curious why you wanted to move to Siberia. Did you ever get to at least visit?"
Steve replied, "No, I didn't visit siberia, yet. I'm romantic for tuvan throat singing, would love to take the trans siberia express.... Some day. Write all the way."
Here is my most recent interview with Steve, it links to a couple of others.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, even if you haven't made your dream trip yet.
2 comments:
The Decembrists who didn’t get exiled got sent to Siberia.
You wouldnt want to do it in winter. I've flown over Siberia many times, few roads, no towns visible, just bleak snow-swept wasteland.You need a strong tolerance for Vodka though as the locals insist on sharing it with you. I too would like to do the TransSiberian to Vladivostok then get the ferry over to Japan. On my bucket list.
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