Washerwoman in Krestovka

June 20th 2002
6/18-22 Trains I found a seat ahead of the masses, right side facing east, so as to best view Lake Baikal. Across from me sat a guy of about my same age and aspect. Long Russian train journeys require company or some form of dialogue. Hence, Russians are quite gregarious and bien dans leur peau amongst new strangers. In a matter of a few minutes after departure, he initiated conversation. ... read more

Europe » Russia » Siberia » Irkutsk

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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Christopher Nelson Anderson

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December, 2005 In my incessant pursuit of experiencing the world as it is and not as it appears on the screen, I have embarked on my next installment of travel. This one has abandoned the elements that tend to plug us into one spot for the benefit of a particular society, and embrace the flux and whim of nature, vector and rhythm. What else but sailing? I've clipped the necessary puppetstrings that attach me to the US (rent, employment, and car, not to mention debt, the greatest hindrance to human movement and the prison warden of society), and am now free to move about as the world wants... full info

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