Hi Folks, I hope you don't mind that, although I wrote them at the time, I am only sending them now because I had problems getting on-line. I'll catch up quickly. 23rd May I closed my last blog as I was about to leave Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia on the Trans-Siberian Railway to Russia. Well, that train journey was a crazy experience! Until I took this trip I thought a train ride was just that you get on the train on time, find your seat or bunk, read or sleep for the duration and get off at your destination. Ha! How naive I was. First of all I’ll say that in my carriage/wagon there were 2 kupes (compartments with 2 sets of bunk beds on the 2nd class carriage) of Western backpackers – a young Dutch
... read more