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Dress up time

How to make a couple of tourists feel silly! Amazing what you will do after a few glasses of the local liqueur (45% alcohol!)
2008: A Trans-Siberian Odyssey

March 28th 2008
Part 1: Slip Slidin' away We knew there were two things in store for us on the overnight train trip from Ulaan Baatar in Mongolia to Ulan Ude in Russia: another tedious border crossing and bugger all sleep. We were correct on both counts. We also met our first Provodnista and Provodnik - the Russian cabin attendants, female and male respectively. They did not speak much English but they ... read more
Europe » Russia » Siberia » Ulan-Ude

Russian Flag Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more
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