PatLynneEscapes

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!

Trip: Vladivostok to Istanbul

There are [23] stories from my trip: Vladivostok to Istanbul


Hevis

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 8 Sep 2007 | Views [424]

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


Hungary

HUNGARY | Friday, 7 Sep 2007 | Views [234]

  Article Six Budapest – Hungary Then Murphy struck! Firstly, Patricia’s main suitcase didn’t make it to Budapest…”…been left behind in Vienna…possibly we can have it delivered to your hotel later tonight after the next flight arrives…?” so they ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures


St. Petersburg and Hungary

HUNGARY | Thursday, 6 Sep 2007 | Views [231]

  Article Nine Article Nine Wednesday We decided to take another car trip away from Hevis, this time away to the south. Hungary is a funny place, shat looks like hours of travelling, on the map but in fact, the countryside is so built up (along ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road


Flying to Hungary

HUNGARY | Thursday, 6 Sep 2007 | Views [194]

Hi People, we have arrived in Hungary and finally, found an Internet WI/FI site...tomorrow I hope to upload four or five Journal entries just to catch up. Cheers everybody Lynne and Pat

Tags: Airports and Qantas


St. P Palaces and Ballet

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 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

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 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

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 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

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 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

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 17 Aug 2007 | Views [224]

  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


Five More Sleeps

AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 11 Aug 2007 | Views [341] | Comments [1]

Hello People, here we are, five sleeps to go and today I almost wrecked our whole travel project:   How?   We had a dump-run to get rid of all the rubbish before we leave.   Dump-run completed, I return home and was almost   rammed by a ‘Learner-... Read more >

Tags: Lost!


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