RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 3 Jan 2010 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 3 Jan 2010 | Views [852]
Hi All, It was a nice drive out to lake Baikal and angara river, the only river to exit the lake. The river wasn't frozen but there was pancake ice on the edges and the frames of deciduous trees dripping with ice and the ground was covered with snow.... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 3 Jan 2010 | Views [932]
Hi All, Exiled to Siberia. Well not quite. Irkutsk is the eastern capital of siberia and the 'paris of siberia'. It was a trading for furs, ivory, silk and tea from siberia, mongolia and china. Later it was a launching point for exhibitions to Alaska, ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 3 Jan 2010 | Views [1601]
Hi All, We read in a guide book that travelling on the trans siberian train is one of the 'famous and romantic and potentially enjoyable of the worlds great train journeys' ... A bit of a description of the train. The train is divided into carriages ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 3 Jan 2010 | Views [830]
Dear All, Woke up and looked out the window and the great view of the monastery then went down to breakfast and noticed that someone was sitting outside the area using a laptop so made a mental note and then headed in for a big buffet breakfast. I ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 26 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 26 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 26 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 26 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 25 Dec 2009 | Views [968]
Hi All, Snowing. Sometimes light and fluffy and other times small pieces but coming down quite heavily. Relaxed for the morning at the hostel before heading to the train station before heading onto the metro. Needed to change twice so were glad that it ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 25 Dec 2009 | Views [788]
Hi All, We returned to the hostel and decided to watch a video with a Dutch couple. I didn't know they were Dutch and asked about the accent. The yellow polar fleece clogs on his feet should have been a give a way. While waiting Vanessa and I were watching ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 19 Dec 2009 | Views [840]
Hi All, The local english paper, the moscow times (www.themoscowtimes.com), tells us that the temperature got to -30degC; 2 died of hypothermia; cash machines froze; ultra polar intrustions of air; electricity consumption pushed to a record; coldest ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 19 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 19 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 18 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 18 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Thursday, 17 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Views [868]
Hi Comrades,
The temperature when we arrived at the hostel was -28 deg C!
We
checked into a refreshingly good hostel called Godzillas only about 1km
from the Kremlin and grabbed a few more hours of sleep.
So when
we got up and had our breakfast ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Views [894]
Hi All, We slept well and woke to a beautiful clear day and prepared to explore. The waitress at breakfast spoke english and explained the menu and I asked for fun 'whether we could have everying on the menu' and she said yes. hmmmm. We decided not ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Views [779]
Hi All,
Not off to a particularly good start. We left the hostel with 1.5hrs to
get on the train. I guided us all the way to a building with no name
that turned out to be a concert hall. I asked a local for directions to
'moskovy' train station ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Views [697]
Zdravstvujtye (zdrah-stvooy-tee; hello)All, We went for a walk further into the old city via St Issacs cathedral
to the Yusupov Palace where Rasputin was murdered. Then as we continued
along we found the Mariinsky theatre and collected our tickets ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 13 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
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