the bikes on the scales

the dramas leading up to the bikes getting on the train

September 9th 2007
3 days and 4 nights - that’s how long it took to get to Irkutsk on board the Baikal express. Plaskarte (3rd class) is the class that most Russian travellers use and most guidebooks warn you to avoid, describing it as resembling a refugee camp after several days onboard. In plaskarte you have a bunk bed and the cabin is open plan, so that all the passengers can move about freely. In each secti ... 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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And the Big Bonkers Bicycle Bonanza!

Sonya and Nigel

We are 2 kiwis leaving London and embarking on a long and meandering ride home. It is more than 12 000 miles! We are not athletes, just ordinary people who like to pass through countries rather than passing over them, meeting the people, experiencing the nature and the life. We will travel by bicycle, boat, and train. We hope to make it at least half way without taking a plane. Some background from Nigel Introduction: If asked I'd find it hard to pin point how my interest in cycling began. It certainly wouldn't have been my first cycling memory, as a five year old getting my little ... full info

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