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moskau ade, der norden hat mich wieder...
so, lange nix geschrieben... bin jetzt in st. petersburg, oder auch kurz piter genannt. in der letzten zeit in moskau hatte sich die taegliche sightseeingration etwas reduziert... das touristInnenleben kann schon ein sehr anstrengendes sein. das, ...
Yekaterinsnooooozzzzzzz
... Never try and run with 25 kg on your back. it's not much fun. Our cabin had all the creature comforts... a bed.. a table.. and a russian woman and her young daughter who spoke not a word of the Queen's. It was all good tho, much reading and dozing went ...
Sun in Samara
after playa del coco we headed south to a small town called samara on the pacific. samara is renowned for its great surf and chilled out atmosphere. anne, michael, james and I spent 4 nights there sunning, relaxing and a little bit of partying! james and ...
Day... Errm... 2
... and brake neck taxi drivers. It's not luxurious, just nice. Apparently according to the web site, it's quite typical of what russian city households are like in moscow. nothing like a bit of ethnicity. i always liked bunk beds anyway... Our only ...
Lake Baikal
... . It was fun and we all swapped stories and had a few beers, laughs, and interesting conversations. I stayed the night in a "Russian B&B", which seemed more like a converted bomb shelter than a guest room, but it was quiet and then I caught the first ...
Sunburnt in Siberia!
... bus on the way back from Listvyanka today. The train arrived on time and I gladly got off leaving behind my only bad experience with Russian people so far. I opted for a taxi to the taxi which went fine and was checked in by 07:00. After quickly sorting ...
Trans Siberian: Yekateriburg to Irkutsk
... board at the station had an English translation which made things easier. I also noticed last night that whenever I said farewell to a Russian it was always greeted with a smile and ‘good luck’. Not quite sure how to take this but maybe they ...
Trans Mongolian: Train 362 Russia-Mongolia Border
... we decided to get some sleep. It was a fairly decent sleep although the beds on here are alot harder than those on the Russian trains (Mongilian Train). I've managed to observe that the carriage I am on is full of German tourists but luckily I got a ...
Nice houses
Most of Siberia is forest and fields, but sometimes we came across little villages with these multicoloured ...
Just Close Your Eyes
Trip on the train was nice. As soon as we got in there, we layed down until the train started going - never felt soo wonderful to be horizontal!! Rodger and I took turns taking naps while the other was getting ready for bed in the ...