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Day 21: Moscow
[aside: still alive and still posting – just getting distracted with summer gardening] Even with the late night we were able to spring (or crawl, depending which one of us you ask) out of bed. We headed down for breakfast with Rodrigo and Jose – which turned into just breakfast with Rodrigo since Jose slept in. […]
Day 20: Moscow – the rest of it (kitchen sink included)
And when we last left our weary travellers… It was 12:30 and we were hungry from completing our Moscow Subway Tour. Our guide was very kind and had asked at the start of the tour what our plans were afterwards so that he could end us at an appropriate metro station. In our case we […]
Day 19: Moscow
Admittedly it has been a little while, but rest assured we are not done posting yet. Apparently it takes a while to unpack and start to sort through 7500+ photos, but I digress… since we’ve just arrived in Moscow (at this leg of the journey). The adventure of not having our driver pick us up […]
Days 15, 16, 17 and 18: On the train – truly in the middle of nowhere
KM Marker 5185… When we first boarded the train, I am happy to report that we managed to find our birth with no major difficulties. It was one of the cabins towards the end of the carriage, #8 out of 10 to be exact. Amazingly we were excited at our future trek (this feeling would […]
Day 10-11-12: The train, the border and travelling to Irkust/Listvyanka
After saying goodbye to Ulaanbaatar on the eve of day 10 we boarded the train bound for our next destination, Irkust. Getting on the train was easy, we found our cabin (which we were sharing with the Chileans) and started to settle in. However trying to settle in resulted in a bit of a shock […]
Day 8: Ger Life and Rural Monglia part 2
Welcome back to our story of ger life and rural Mongolia. I forgot to mention about dinner on our first night in the ger. What we ate is actually of interest to anyone who has heard our plans and worries about the trip. Food was one of the things Mongolia was not known for in […]
Day 4: The Summer Palace
It’s actually day 5 as this is being written, right before we need to check out of our lovely hotel. We aren’t sure what to expect at the next one (it’s a Howard Johnson :S), and with our bright and early departure tomorrow morning, we likely won’t have time to do another post. After that […]
Rails Across the Curtain 
Day 20: Moscow – Metro Tour!
Today is the day where we had originally hoped to visit Stalin’s bunker. This hope was dashed as we found out a week or two before the trip that it was cancelled for some unknown reason (we later guess it may have had something to do with the May 9th celebrations). Instead we opted for a tour […]