The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
Why did the Russian landscape overwhelm Theroux?
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Theroux found the Russian landscape overwhelming due to its sheer immensity. For five days, he traveled through taiga, tundra, and forest and realized there was still half the country left to cross.The snow was endless and the scenes outside the window changed little from day to day.