Azimut Vladivostok

... that could at least muster a few complete sentences, I decided to join him.

We had walked through a couple of carriages before we got to his cabin. Inside were three men passed out on their beds and a bunch of empty beer and vodka bottles all over the place. I took a seat at the bottom bunk as the two guys on the top bunks slowly started to wake up. The other man sitting across from me was a shirtless, hairy ...

... smile. I mean really? Why would anyone smile at a stranger? Besides, no one can be happy all the time, right? Obviously they've never been to Disneyland. But then again, with 8 months snow, I guess there really isn't much to smile about.

We left it at that and I told her about my Trans-Siberian trip. She simply laughed at me.

"So you want to spend 3 ...

... depuis 2 semaines a priori. Il fait un peu plus chaud, c'est agreable de sentir le soleil nous rechauffer. Voila qui marquera nos derniers jours sur le sol Russe. Nous embarquons cet apres-midi pour le Japon, pour 1 jour et 2 nuits de ferry. Le blog ne sera peut-etre pas mis a jour aussi regulierement, vu que nous nous laisserons porter par nos envies plus que par des billets de train. We are now in Vladivostok and it seems weird to ...

... kot krizarka Slava po velikosti ter mnozini oborozitve (ze eno samo to plovilo lahko s svojim atomskim orozjem vec kot prepolovi prebivalstvo na zemlji) nimata konkurence v drugih armadah. Ker nisva imela srecanja s sodobnimi velikani preko tele objektiva z bliznjega hriba pa sva imela mnogo bolj osebno in bliznjo srecanje s podmornico S56 iz druge svetovne vojne. Podmornica je sedaj spremenjena v muzej, v katerem sva lahko preizkusila njen periskop ter si ...

... my belongings now strewn around the compartment. I suspect I shall not be on the invite list to his next new year celebrations when he uses those beautifully sharpened edges to slice the pork knuckles. "I am leaving China. It is not possible for me to stab any Chinese person from this point onward." He would not hear of it. Thanks for the lemon, pal. Somebody sticking to the letter of the law, one suspects, rather than the intent of the law, prancing for his underling alongside ...

... ship is completely inside the lock, the gates are lifted from beneath the surface by powerful electric winches, enclosing the ship within the lock. On the other side of the heads, an additional set of gates, weighing as much as 175 tons and made of wrought iron is closed. Electric winches are then again employed this time to raise special shields from colossal water pipes through which water rushes at the rate of 250 cubic meters per second ...

... people who have lived under communist rule. IMH: I really feel bad that we could not speak more Russian, apart from Thank you - Spasiba, Yes - Da and No - Neyt. We also have no clue as to the Russian alphabet - which is apparently quite simple to learn. Even a phrasebook would have been an improved attempt to our efforts. Many other fellow travellers we met on our earlier train journeys had phrase books, which we chose to spare the expense on, but as they left ...

... where ever you want. I'm already thinking about going back next summer for the Rainbow festival, it is every year in a different city of Russia. It's a very big event! http://www.gayrussia.ru/en/entertainmen t/detail.php?ID=5422 It is such a peacefull place, we were completely out of the civilisation, i can't say how many we were but something like few hunreds, i've planed to stay only 3 days but of course i had to stay ...

... For those of you who are interested Ive also completed the McDonalds taste test and its scored pretty well. But anyway...... Have just come back from a night out to a really cool bar with some guys we met and no word of a lie, I thought I was going to be killed by a very scary Russian man. Have never been so scared in all my life :( I'm still in shock and cant stop shaking!! But that's another story!! We're meeting ...

... train as far as Irkutsk. And save a packet by doing it ourselves. The total cost is about 100 pounds each for the five day journey. A staggeringly long distance when seen on a world map. That evening we drink gallons of red wine at the hostel and greet our new room guests. Though we were rather hoping to not have any other occupants in the room at this happy time. The remainder of the short stay in Moscow involves an ...