Capital Hostel Moscow

... but we ended up just confusing ourselves about what time it actually was. A common conversation when something like this:

'What time to we get to Lake Baikal?'
'4am'
'Is that Beijing time or Moscow time'
'Beijing time'
'So what time is that Moscow time?'
'2am'
'And what time are we on now?'
'Local time'
'So what time is it??'
'9pm'
'So what time do we get there local time????'
'7am'
'But aren't we 4 hours ahead?????????'
'Lets ...

... Point of view starts opinion in barely one dimension. The frustrations
be paid on you and it is a catch-22 situation. You take drugs to seize
rid of nervous disturbance. And Marijuana gives you a greater
obstreperous at hand. This is intoxicating. Of advance the appearance,
make out and invulnerability of the people depart in undivided and all.
So the effects cannot be generalized. Payment a not many, plane a
glaring crate of bear is bearable. Some ...

... in like a sardine onto the trains, and I really hate the jostling motion as you round an unseen underground corner that throws fat, sweaty men hurtling towards you. I abhor the feeling of their stinky, sweaty, sticky shirts against mine, and the thought that our sweat is somehow mixing. I hate the fact that at the end of the day, I am one of these dirty, grimy, filthy, sweaty people that falls against others and sullies them. I also hate that prices ...

... funny.. Its almost impossible to find address's and places in moscow but it really is half the fun. On sunday we went out to a huge market which was brilliant, you could pretty much anything at dirt cheap prices... russians love badges and coins and hats but as well as that they have them weird dolls and loads of old army and communist stuff.. So we bought a couple of old Soilders belts and some other bits. We managed to make it back into ...

... something other than churches. It turned out the park was dedicated to war. I enjoyed wondering around taking photos and viewing the equipment of war. The sun shone all afternoon :-) Departing the park I wondered through smaller parks and residential areas heading towards the Moscow river. Meandered the banks before returning to the hostel. All in all the park has left a good feel inside about Moscow. Wasteful, Tasteful and Pretentious would be my words to sum up Moscow.

... of what perhaps death or some form of alternative reality was like (in a positive way) Another highlight was drinking Russian tea (black tea, condensed milk and vodka) around the fire on the last night. We took the train back to Moscow in time to meet with Lilia's brother Ruslan who's birthday it was the day before and so we took the night out on the town, taking the Metro to Moscows (and Russia's) top university, situated on a hill overlooking Moscow. Lilia and her friends ...

... text messages and playing games on their mobile phones even in the air. There is very little courtesy and apologizing on the streets. No smiles at all. I have seen very few children here in these two months, I think they are all out of the centre in the outskirts of Moscow. In the metro, the passengers age starts at 18 or 19, I don't know where the rest of the population is. Now in winter everybody dresses in dark coats just like at home, which ...

... was f**k and f**king) and came and lied with me on the bottom bunk. El Creepo clambered up to his bunk and leaned over and stared at us for minutes at a time, talking with GI Joe about us (we understood the word "tourists" used several times). The small hunting knife he used to cut his salami and cheese also put us a little on edge about the guy. After they fell asleep I went to the top bunk and got a few winks of shuteye but Yvonne wasn't able to get anything ...

Nach einem sechsstündigen Flug aus Moskau, zwei Gläser Weißwein und einer Nacht im Hotel, sind wir wieder unterwegs in dieser sibirischen Großstadt, zu Besuch bei alten Menschen, die so gern tanzen. Die Stadt hat sich in zwei Wochen nicht verändert. Nur die Renovierungsarbeiten auf dem zentralen Platz sind abgeschlossen. Vor zwei Wochen liefen noch überall tadschikische Gastarbeiter, in den blauen Westen der Putin-Partei "Einheitliches Russland ...