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SINGAPORE | Monday, 24 Dec 2007 | Views [3653] | Comments [7]
I knew I was coming to Singapore during
one of the rainy months, but with three out of the four days I was
there featuring monsoon style rainfall, I felt lucky to have one day
of glorious sunshine. Still, for me, going into the shopping
centres ... Read more >
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CHINA | Monday, 22 Oct 2007 | Views [4907] | Comments [7]
Telling me
all about China before I
left, Rosie McC said that Xian (Xi'an -
pronounced like Sheean - just a wee city compared to Beijing
and Shanghai,
with only 7 million people!) was a great place, and she wasn't lying! After a few days ... Read more >
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CHINA | Tuesday, 16 Oct 2007 | Views [3387] | Comments [3]
Ni Hao! Arriving in Beijing, I was quite glad that - before leaving the UK - I'd used accumulated Airmiles to book a couple of nights in a hotel. It was well nice to indulge in some 'flashpacking' at the end of all the train journeys from Russia, ... Read more >
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MONGOLIA | Friday, 5 Oct 2007 | Views [5712] | Comments [2]
We arrived
early doors in what is officially the coldest capital city in the world, Ulaanbaatar, and were met
at the station by what was - after plenty dour Russian receptions along the way
- a very welcome warm smile from our lovely Mongolian ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 5 Oct 2007 | Views [4067] | Comments [1]
Four of us
in a kupe cabin (two German guys, Holger and Thomas; one Swedish girl, Eva plus
me) we left Moscow
not long before midnight, with the temperature outside chilly, but swelteringly
hot inside the train - especially for Holger and me on ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 23 Sep 2007 | Views [2405] | Comments [3]
I'm иow on my last day in Moscow, heading off for the 5,500+ mile train jouяney towards Beijing late tonight. Should get to Beijing in just under two weeks, afteя three nights near Lake Baikal (Eastern Russia), three nights in Mongolia and the rest ... Read more >
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FINLAND | Monday, 17 Sep 2007 | Views [2226] | Comments [5]
- The cities have lots of good buskers, using all sorts of instuments - trumpets, saxaphones, wine glasses, glockenspiels etc. - The food from kiosks on the street is surprisingly good, but not that cheap. - Coffee is taken quite seriously, and ... Read more >
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FINLAND | Sunday, 16 Sep 2007 | Views [3016] | Comments [2]
WTF
Magazine. Welcome to Finland indeed!
Helsinki seems like a great place, despite
the chilly Baltic wind that blows from time to time.
Having done
some tourist bits on Saturday, I headed out later ... Read more >
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