Arrested in Russia!
March 13th 2007 We arrived in Russia full of hope - for milder weather, better health and more familiar European fare. Ample opportunity to ponder these wishes was granted to us as we sat on a stationary (occasionally jolting) train at the Siberian border crossing for over 12 hours. It should have been a sign...
First stop was Irkutsk. We joyously embraced this civilized, dirty little town but almost immediate
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