A Fallen Idol

Statue of Stalin in a statue park, Moscow

July 26th 2006
Wotcha from Mongolia! Been here for about 10 days now, after travelling through Siberia and into Mongolia, I've just got back from a 7 day trip through the Gobi desert - but more about that in a following entry, as plenty to talk about before getting here! We arrived at Lake Baikal from Tomsk on a short (36 hour) train trip - having got to know the Provodnitsa a bit better this time (important ... read more

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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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Andrew Horsman

Andy Horsman

In 2007 I fulfilled a life-long dream by travelling overland from England to Australia without taking a single flight. Travelling allows me to indulge in my passion of photography and so far I've been lucky enough to win photography competitions in the Daily Telegraph and Guardian newspapers. I have also been short-listed in The Times travel photography competition and I have had an image included on the National Geographic Daily Dozen website. This blog was recently recommended by the Lonely Planet in their column in the Observer newspaper. I have now set up a website to showcase my fav... full info

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