Ufa, Russia

... tight, especially as the three guys were all over 6"! We read most of the day whilst enjoying the industrial scenery of Russia (!), then in the evening broke into our vodka that we had bought. We all sat sipping, or more correctly drank to drinking ...

... anticipated with speed limits and overtaking restrictions. Soon we were driving through lush English looking patchwork pastures, then to our relief, Ufa appeared on the horizon. After checking out a few hotels (most full due to a conference in town) we had ...

... ) in their village.  The time there is worthy of a story: We headed out from Ufa, the capital of this autonomous region in south central Russia, driving through the picturesque countryside for about 1 ½ hours to the village. We must have passed ...

... of money, only a few roubles left and not much left in the tank and, of course, you have to pay for everything up front in Russia so if accommodation were to come along first it would be a non starter.At the end of a 90 minute traffic hold-up I turn ...