RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 30 Dec 2007 | Views [888] | Comments [7]
Ok I took a gamble and decided to try my luck on the Moscow Metro, the main undergound rail system. Everything I've read says its cheap, fast and easy so what could go wrong? I had a map of the train network so found the closest station to the hotel ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 29 Dec 2007 | Views [615] | Comments [1]
Hello again, this time from Moskva!! I can't believe I actually made it, not because of any misadventure this time, but because it took 78 hours on the train from Irkutsk!! I got to the Irkutsk station with plenty of time to spare, and actually found ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Tuesday, 25 Dec 2007 | Views [476] | Comments [6]
This will be just a short post to let you know I'm leaving Irkutsk today. I spent a couple of hours yesterday uploading most of my pics to the journal, so check 'em out and some of my stories will make more sense after you see them. I've been walking ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 24 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery
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MONGOLIA | Monday, 24 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery
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MONGOLIA | Monday, 24 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 23 Dec 2007 | Views [800] | Comments [5]
Hello again! I finally made it into Irkutsk, Russia!! Oh man, the train trip from Ulaanbaatar started in a chaos as I was the only foreigner at the station and totally unable to communicate, but thankfully with a bit of sign language, I got passed the ... Read more >
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CHINA | Friday, 21 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery
Visiting the sites
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MONGOLIA | Friday, 21 Dec 2007 | Views [1719] | Comments [6]
I've spent the last couple of days walking around UB checking out some of the sights. Yesterday morning I walked up to the Gandantegchenling Monastery and I knew it was cold when I had to scrape the ice of my moustache! The Gandan complex consists of ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
MONGOLIA | Thursday, 20 Dec 2007 | Views [698] | Comments [5]
The morning started at a slow pace compared to the day before (I actually felt pretty good amazingly), and the train kept snaking its way towards Ulaanbaatur. We'd reached the Gobi desert and the terrain was barren and flat, endless plains of nothingness ... Read more >
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MONGOLIA | Wednesday, 19 Dec 2007 | Views [559] | Comments [2]
Well the last two days have been another sensorial overload! I woke early to catch the 7.45am train from Beijing to Ulaanbaatur, and if it wasn't for my transfer driver 'Gary' (what is it with these Chinese names?), I would have been lost in the train ... Read more >
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CHINA | Monday, 17 Dec 2007 | Views [516] | Comments [4]
Today was Day of the Duck!! But first, Harry picked me up and we braved the maddening traffic to the Forbidden City. Once the majestic home to the great emporers, this place certainly is fit for a king. Centuries old and fortified by a surrounding moat, ... Read more >
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CHINA | Sunday, 16 Dec 2007 | Views [642] | Comments [5]
Harry picked me up at 8am and we took off for the Great Wall. When I figure out how to transfer photos to this Chinese computer I'll let you all see :) We got there before the throng of tourist buses, and the icy cold mountain air made my eyes water ... Read more >
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CHINA | Sunday, 16 Dec 2007 | Views [442] | Comments [4]
Greetings from Beijing :) This place is an extra-sensorial extravaganza for a little Perth boy like me. I passed through customs without any pain and was greeted by my transfer driver Harry (yes he is Chinese). After not having any sleep all night, my ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 13 Dec 2007 | Views [459] | Comments [1]
1 more sleep and I'll be heading off to Beijing for the start of my Asian sensation. Looking forward to some real Peking duck! Stay tuned.... quack.
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AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 27 Nov 2007 | Views [441]
The time is drawing near ... less than 3 weeks and i'm outa here ... muahaha!!! :)
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