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Self-funded Retirees, 43 years married, spending the Kids' inheritance before we run out of puff! Exploring Russia, Hungary and Turkey with visits to Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta, Fifty-four days of Holiday magic!

Russian Federation

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Lake Balaton and Hevis

Monday, 10 Sep 2007 | Views [322]

  Article Eight Tuesday/ Hevis Duly at 1200 a big ten seater van arrived at the pick-up point and we are away on our ‘Lake Balaton’ sight-seeing drive. This entails driving up the northern side of the lake…on our way here, we drove down the auto-... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing


Hevis

Saturday, 8 Sep 2007 | Views [422]

Article Seven Hevis I am sure that I have written up this section before…perhaps I did, then forgot to save it?…simply closed the computer down thereby losing the last entry? However, we went to the Travel Agency and they could not/would not ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing


St. P Palaces and Ballet

Tuesday, 4 Sep 2007 | Views [171]

  Back on board for more lectures and a late dinner…the promise of an early night was too good to miss so the late-‘night-soul-music’ concert start ing at 2100 we gave a miss. Both of have had the trots even though we are carrying and using immodium. ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing


Irkutsk to Moscow Train

Saturday, 25 Aug 2007 | Views [240]

  Day Nine Irkutsk to Moscow Train Final Packing done and the food supplies sorted, we were met on time by Olga who presented us with a bottle of Champers! Might be in reply to the US$50 tip we gave her for all her good work? The train itself was ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles


Irkutsk

Thursday, 23 Aug 2007 | Views [167] | Comments [1]

Hello People, first chance to access the Internet, here in Irkutsk, central Siberia, halfway to Moscow.  Even this is only an email cafe...one cannot use a memory-stick or upload from a computer...hence I have eight pages of travel tales sitting on my ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road


Train

Monday, 20 Aug 2007 | Views [192]

  Article Two Day Two Journal Entry Four We spent most of the daylight hours starting out at the Siberian Landscape. It is totally different from what we anticipated; we thought there would be long sweeping plains with lush grass as per films of ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors


Brisbane to Seoul

Friday, 17 Aug 2007 | Views [223]

  Article One Journal Entry: 18 August 2007: Vladivostok via Seoul Seoul Brisbane to Seoul Departed from home via an AUD$40 Taxi to the airport with no hassles. Checked through Immigration and let loose into duty-free land. Not much use as ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles


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