Barnaul, Russian Federation

So, having spent a night sleeping in Max's forecourt amidst battered Ladas pumping Russian pop beats until the early hours, Max comes over to check the car and Molly starts first bloody time. It hard enough to explain the problem when the ...

... .  It had been 10 to get in, so 30 dollars for all of Kazakhstan seemed relatively reasonable.  The Russian side was very straightforward, though time consuming and involved far more people and paperwork than seemed strictly necessary. Over the ...

... the value of food (or where it comes from). Well, besides Perestroyka, pollution, stinky dunnies and Micklooha Micklay (Russian David Attenbourough) I found out that I had relatives all over Russia.  From St. Petersburg to the far East.  I ...

Warmer than yesterday but still cool. We watched tv in the morning, American programmes dubbed in Russian. The refreshing early morning drink was leftover beer from the night before. The bed bugs, good lord the bed bugs! I was harvested good and proper ...