Good Afternoon all, we hope that you are all well and missing us. We've spent the last six days in Moscow, and finally we feel comfortable and know our way around. The first day was spent sightseeing with our tour group, exploring the sights of Lenin's Mausoleum, The Red Square, St. Basil's and the Kremlin. Lenin looks very waxy and dead. The guards make sure you're constantly moving, which is scary when you pause to look at his freaky finger nails. It was very cold which made it hard to spend the whole day out, but we managed after a late [View Full Entry]

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Greeting from Russia. Firstly we had written our Mongolia blog ages ago, but for some reason we had to re-publish it. Anyway, we finally made it into Moscow after four days and no showers on the train. We did however manage to wash my hair once and it actually wasn't too bad considering the bathroom was so small. We spent most of our time, eating, drinking cheap vodka and we even learnt a new drinking game "Circle of Death". We survived on noodles, hot choc and vegemite sandwiches. We crossed Sibera and there was just snow everywhere, and we also saw [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. We just got off a day and a half of the train, from Beijing to UB, as the expats call it. The first night was the train wasn't too bad, it was a bit boring, but we had to keep an eye out for Mongolian two humped camels, which made the journey a bit more fun. Which we did see and the photos are cute. The real fun began around 9pm, when we arrived into the Chinese border, Customs and passport control hit for China, traveled a bit then Mongolian customs and passport control. Once we got [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone, Greetings for Beijing. We arrived in Beijing on the 3rd of April, the day before a public holiday and everyone was out on the road. The bus in from the airport took us hour and a half!!! We wandered around Beijing for about half an hour looking for the hotel, Grand Hyatt Beijing. Stephen finally let me get a taxi to the airport and we were just around the corner!!! Very Frustrasting. The next day we decided to have a lazy day and just go Tiananmen Square, the world largest public square. It was quite a warm day, I [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone, So we arrived safely in Shanghai on the night of the 31st of March at 22:00. It was a longer flight than we expected and we both arrived quited tired and ready to sleep. But alas we had to get to the hotel. Now that was a challenge. Having the forthought to print the hotel's details in chinese first, really didn't work. Our taxi to our delight didn't have seat belts, which we later found to be the norm, however at the speed he was travelling I thought I was going to die at least 3 times!!! After arriving [View Full Entry]

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Good Afternoon All, So the day has come and we are off tomorrow at 11:10AM with Singapore Airlines. It's hard to believe that something that we've been working on so many months is finally here. Not sure what we feel, part nerves and part sadness leaving everyone behind to embank on their own adventures such as babies, weddings and travel of their own. We wish everyone the best in their adventures and we believe everyone will relish in all that they do. For those who don't know here is our itinerary for the next month: Melbourne to Shanghai Shanghai to Beijing [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone, So this is it, this is really it. Two weeks to go and there's no turning back now. The only problem is we can't leave the country just yet, no passport or visa!! Small detail. Thought we'd give this blog thing a try, and make sure it's all working before we head overseas. So we're packing the house up, as well as our backpack and our lives and we're really going around the world for a year and a bit. The hugeness of it all is starting to hit, we're taking a year off to travel the world. All [View Full Entry]

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