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my name is Kate and I am backpacking with my friend Gen for a year. We are 18 year old girls who have deferred our university arts degrees for a year to explore the world and have a good time :)
I left Australia in November 2011 and Gen left February 2012 to do separate work in Asia (volunteering at an orphanage and teacjing English) before meeting up for the Trans-Mongolian Railway from Beijing all the way to St Petersburg (21 day trip). We travelled through Mongolia, Siberia, China and Russia on this train, stopping along the way for little adventures (like wild horse riding in ... full info