http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/fugu/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from fugu en-us Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:01:18 +0000 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:01:18 +0000 Russia proper. Moscow St. Petersburg gorgeous women deadly flower pots and the service from hell.So much happened in such a short time that it's best just to give snippets from the journal...The Goodfried meat thing on the trainfirst class for three daysBaltika beerborschOld BoypreSoviet monuments and buildingsRed SquareRussian churches waaaaaay too many but all beautiful'Roman Hu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/Northwest/Moscow/blog-201198.html From my journal...After an uneventful and smelly journey on the train I devoured the book Day of the Jackal for lack of any other entertainment than torturing Ross and made fun of typical Russian stylebehavior at train stops. more on that later Being the intellectual college educated individuals we are Ross and I spent my remaining turgut Mongolian money on apples grapes tea bad coff http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/Siberia/Lake-Baikal/blog-201187.html Next set coming up http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-194316.html Was too pressed for time to add these before but here are the missing picsaccount from China and the Great Wall crawl. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-194311.html Za....as they say here. I'm in MongoliaHave to add commentary later Internet is mezurashii yo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-193525.html Overstaying your VISA in one country then coming to another isn't the usual way of going about things. Normally they toss you in jail and fine you out of your travel savings. Fortunately I chose Japan as my target and managed an escape to China where I am now. thank god for the USJapan relationship...Today's Beijing is not the one I remember. For one the air is cleaner the streets are tidier http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Tian-anmen/blog-191223.html