So we had our supplies of mainly vodka and noodles and started our 3 ½ day and 4 night journey to Irkutsk at the other side of Russia. We were sharing with Ryan a Flo, a chilled out couple from NZ and Canada. It was crazy stopping at all these Russian stations where people were selling anything and everything from potato cakes (which we ate loads of) to dried whole fish!! Plenty of games of cards, backgammon, monopoly and a few squabbles in the cramped compartments to pass the time. Mary nearly got thrown off the train by the mardy attendant for showing her knickers as a way of translating she was naked. Then there was a lovely woman called Natasha who looked after us and tucked Mary in during the nights and the Russian bloke
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