Ufa, Russian Federation

... at 2 pm. We marked this occasion by dressing up as Ahmed and Mrs Kabul to mark our departure from Asia. We persuaded an amused Russian man to take our photos - am sure he was thinking what peculiar people we were.. A lovely drive through the Urals, lots of ...

... in the herb filed vapors of a Russian banya is enough to revitalize anyone. I came out feeling reborn (a born again Russian maybe?). And definitely no problems sleeping later that night either. Whenever we were at the house, tea was constantly served. We ...

And ever onwards east. Not surprisingly this is the bit they don't show you in the Long Way Round or anything else for that matter. It's the long slog trying to eat up the miles, as much as you can keeping to the 80kph speed limit and the roadworks and ...

today we're going to our travel agent to make arrangments we're planning a couple of weeks in adriatic riviera