Amursky Zaliv Vladivostok

What can I say about my continued journey eastwards from my overnight stop near Star Oskol. Through Voronez and Tamba to Kamenka. 360 miles of rich black earth with birch tree hedges. More a touch of Wiltshire I think today.All day. I often wander around the supermarket and wonder where all that corn on the cob comes from. This is only one ...

... thing too, where ya can buy formal military wear. Grabbed a couple things I hope will fit. There was some nice stuff in there and if ya wait around a bit you'll see plenty of hot military guys come in. :)

I wandered back at a late evening hour and relaxed in the hotel. Got some packing square since I need to check out around noon tomorrow, even though my flight isnt until 4:30pm. One more taxi trip and 2 planes and I be home.

... with both hands using his index and ring fingers. I look confused. He then pulls me by the neck and leans toward me. He says in his thick Russian accent, "You see my friend Viktor over there. He's Russian gangster." Then he pauses, "but just a little," he says and starts laughing.

I give him my fake smile, like the kind you give on picture day. Sergei offers me another a beer but I politely refuse. Yet he ...

... as in Kazakhstan nor the piles of rusty wrecked machinery. Not yet, anyway.
It was great to arrive in Samara - what a lovely modern city, with the old buildings well maintained. The River Volga running through the middle of town (a couple of blocks from our hotel) looked very inviting. Loads of people swimming, sun bathing on the beach and strolling along its banks.

... gray matched the gloomy weather that day as we all filed in our lines without a word spoken. There's a young Russian lady standing behind the yellow queue line ready to cattle prod any eager foreigner who's brave enough to pass it.

I was a bit nervous, unsure of what to expect as I stepped into a narrow hallway and handed my passport to a chubby-cheeked lady. She ...

... krompirja po sosednjih njivah, kot so ga morali tekom 90tih let prejsnjega stoletja. V Vladivostok sva zaradi vseh zamud prispela sele ob 22:00 zvecer. Prvo veliko razocaranje je seveda bilo to, da je tema skrivala vecino res cudovite pokrajine med voznjo. Tistih nekaj trenutkov pred soncnim zahodom, ko sva jo lahko opazovala se nama je zdela nekaj najbolj cudovite, kar sva doslej videla. Enako cloveku neprijazno okolje kot puscava, a zaradi snega ter rastlinja ...

Samara is not on the Trans-Siberian-Railway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samara%2C_ Russia http://wikitravel.org/en/Samara

Samara is not on the Trans-Siberian-Railway. It is far more south. More information: http://wikitravel.org/en/Samara http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samara