Moscow to St Petersburg
The recent Nevsky Express Bombing reminded me of this day. We travelled from Moscow, catching the train in the morning[…]
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The Russian Maffia
In the evening we headed down to a night club. It was plush and dark inside with lots of velvet.[…]
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I went with Dymphna and co to a performance of music that made my heart want to break. they played[…]
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Trans-Siberian 5 days from ullan batur to mockba, across 5 time zones at one day per time zone. Every day[…]
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What can I say about Irkutsk. Having travelled for a few days through Siberia, Australia seems not to be so[…]
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We headed out from Ulan Bator to stay in an old run-down soviet era hotel out in the plain. On[…]
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Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia is a spartan place. We arrived on the overnight train from Beijing. Our accommodation was[…]
Read moreGreat Wall Pass
Because of the difficulty in getting visa for Russia, and my unwillingness to go through the strange invite process, I[…]
Read more1999 outside Beijing University
I was in a little department store across the road from the 北京 大學. More like a Chinese general store.[…]
Read moreXian the first time
Strangely my drop down list has the title, thinking that it has been used before. But it does not exist[…]
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