“Siberia & Mongolia: Spirits & Nomads”

This item appears on page 62 of the January 2011 issue.

20 days/19 nights, June 27-July 16, 2011. Highlights: In Vladivostok, RUSSIA, board Trans-Siberian Express for Irkutsk/ride Circumbaikal Railway around Lake Baikal and hydrofoil across the lake/freshwater seals near Ushkanye Islands/Ulaanbaatar, MONGOLIA/Gorkhi-Terelj National Park/Naadam Festival/Gobi Desert. Land and internal air, from $7,995. Partial single supp. (single accoms. not available every night), $1,095.

MIR Corp. (Seattle, WA; 800/424-7289, www.mircorp.com).