Well team, I'm soon to be off on my epic journey, overland across Russia, Mongolia, China and Cuba. For those of you I'm useless at keeping updated with, here is a brief plan of action: Russia 11th April - Fly to St. Petersburg! Over the next month I will be getting the train across Russia, stopping off at St. Petersburg - Venice of the North. Moscow - Place where lots of Communist things happened Ekaterinsburg - Notorious for 2 things: The brutal murder of the Tsar and family, and a bloody Gangland feud in the 1990's. Awesome... Irkutsk & Lake Baikal - Central Siberian town, and the lake is the deepest lake in the world. Mongolia Ulaan Baatur - Capital of Mongolia, An unusual fusion of Soviet and East Asian cultures. Also Genghis Khan came from
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