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By shaun dellavedova
September 6th 2009

Swimming with two cute German girls in Siberia Europe » Russia » Siberia » Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal

Piling out of the train at 6am in Irkutsk with creaking and cracking backs, knees, hips and shoulders, we were all looking forward to a hot shower and a decent stretch of the legs. Unfortunately we had an hour and a half drive up the road to the small lakeside town of Listvianka. The town is situated on the southern end of Lake Baikal, which is the eighth largest lake by area in the world but is the deepest at more than 1800 meters and holds more than 20% of the world’s fresh water, more than all the Great Lakes combined. [View Full Entry]

By SamandLaura
September 6th 2009

We're in Asia! Europe » Russia » Urals » Yekaterinburg

St Basil's

(written by Sam whilst Laura snoozes after spending all night being disturbed by some Slovakians) Good morning everybody Today we awoke in Asia, in a very small hostel that doesn't look as if it has changed at all in the past 40 years. The bathroom is a bit of a horror story, but the owner is lovely and speaks some English which is a bonus. Moscow was fantastic. A city of three colliding eras: '50s, early '90s, and iphones. Mulletted iphone users were a real highlight in fact. Stalin's Seven Sisters are fearsome gothic behemoths that dominate the skyline, and the [View Full Entry]

By shaun dellavedova
September 4th 2009

Hanging with Lenin and McLovin in Moscow Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

Peking Hotel

My first experience in Moscow, post hangover thank god, was the wonderful subway system. In the communist days, they decided to make the subway system the envy of the world, and having taken underground systems in London, Rome, New York, Boston and a half dozen others, they have succeeded. Each station is an architectural work of art in itself. Each stop is different, not just in the statues, color of marble walls or ceiling frescoes, but in the size and shaping of the pillars. The station near our guesthouse had a flying motif, so the frescoes had planes, people diving, birds [View Full Entry]

By shaun dellavedova
September 4th 2009

Anna Karenina, a bottle of Vodka and the Trans Siberian Railway Europe » Russia » Siberia » Krasnoyarsk

Leaving Moscow

The Trans Siberian railway is a long way. There is no way around it. Our portion of it (by no means the whole length) was 83 hours, 5193 kilometers and 79 stops. At least for this journey we were in second class, which meant only 4 of us in a compartment, a door that we could actually close and beds that were just long enough to fully stretch out. While most of the people on the tour decided to buy whole bunches of food for the journey I bought just enough to get me through the first afternoon and breakfast the [View Full Entry]

By TheWholeOrchestra
September 4th 2009

Arrived a week ago. Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

Churchof Our Savior On Spilled Blood

A lot has happened since then but I haven't time to write about it now. But I have a few picture's that won't take long. [View Full Entry]

By SamandLaura
September 3rd 2009

We're here! Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

Hallo! Only got time for a very quick hello, but just wanted to let you know we're here safe and having a great time. The weather is glorious, and cyrillic is impossible. Ordering non-alcoholic beer has to be a first in Russia! We will make a longer posting when we get the chance and in particular, will be in touch with some of you individually to let you know what we've been up to. Only on a borrowed computer at the hostel at present - but we will attempt to use it again later today. Hope you're all well Sam and [View Full Entry]

By kue
September 3rd 2009

Blutende Köpfe und bemalte Ozzies, warum ich Petersburg liebe, Woche 2 Europe » Russia

Vladi Lenin, die alte Drecksau

Fidel, Belgrad und Dadja. Das sind die Plätze an welchen ich mich richtig wohl fühle und mir die Nächte um die Ohren schlage. So etwas wie eine Mini Barstreet im Herzen von Petersburg. „Do it like the locas do“ war schon immer mein Motto und so kaufen wir unsen Booze direkt neben der Bar in einem 24h Shop und trinken ihn auf der Strasse vor der Bar. Der geschätzte Schalldruck von 120db in der Bar ist sowieso nicht die beste Trommelfellpflege. Was bei uns die Albaner sind hier die Kasachen, welche sich mit ihren getunten Karren Rennen in der mit Menschen [View Full Entry]

By Eddie77
September 1st 2009

Moscow Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

Moscow
Borsht

Peoples, The first update since my arrival in Moscow last saturday, no worries me and my buddies are doing pretty well in the land of glasnost & perestroijka! Flying to Moscow friday was quite an experience as I was the only traveller who didn't have the russian nationality :) Checking in at the Dublin airport went fairly smooth, even saw a familiar face in the fella who issued my visa a few weeks ago :p random! Anyhoe, S7 airlines flew under 4 hours to Moscow where I landed at 6am. Pretty wasted as I only slept for an hour or so, [View Full Entry]

By JB Marilyn
August 31st 2009

Final stop in Russia: Vladivostok Europe » Russia » Far East » Vladivostok

in the train with vova

Yes, Yes, Yes, We did it !!! 9289km by train !!! Finally arrived in Vladivostok ;-) For the second part of the Trans-Siberian, we shared the room with a ... military guy !!! Funny, in Russia, we've met almost only people working in the Marines... It's like in this country, if you can't become a gangster... euh meaning an Oligark, you're future is in the Army !!! With this guy, Vova, we experienced the same type of relationship as we already did here: you need 2 days to start having a friendly relationship even if we didn't share the same language... [View Full Entry]

By kue
August 30th 2009

28 bis 30 8.09, Tag 5,6,7, Са́нкт-Петербу́рг, St. Petersburg, das Venedig des Nordens Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

church of spilled blood

Den richtigen Bus zu finden welchen einen an die richtige Metrostation bringt, um dann an der richtigen Haltestelle nach dreimaligem umsteigen wider auszusteigen ist ne kleine Odyssee. Angeschrieben wird, wenn überhaupt, in Kyrillischen Buchstaben. Ne gute Übung für China, lesen wird zu „Bilder vergleichen“. Was sofort auffällt in Peterburg ist, dass Gott wohl ein wenig unfair war bei der Werkzeugausgabe als es darum ging, die Suppe der Schönheit zu verteilen. Den Frauen gab er einen riesen Suppenlöffel und den Männern ne Gabel… Stört mich soweit nicht. Das „Sou [View Full Entry]

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