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Saturday 29th We managed to beat Sergie to the foyer by about 2 minutes which pleased us, so then we set off again for the metro and went back to Red Square where we had a tour of the Kremlin complex and saw the biggest bell in the world which has never been rung, and…

JOURNEYS END

riday 28th – MOSCOW Val has kept her watch on U.K. time since leaving home and I am in charge of Beijing, Mongolian and now Russian time. We’ve had one change when the time gap shortened from 7hrs to 8 and then as we got nearer to Moscow we caught up by another two hours.…

Pics From The Train To Moscow

 

ON THE TRAIN TO MOSCOW

THURSDAY 27th No doubt I looked somewhat imperious sitting in the restaurant car with my hand in the air as though I was summoning a waiter, but in fact I was just trying to stem the blood. We go to the restaurant car once or twice a day and have a big lunch and a…

Pics from Irkutsk

Irkutsk- capital of Siberia

After an excellent breakfast and with my feet now clad in Val’s spare boots and clutching Val’s spare hat (!), we arrive in the foyer to find our new guide awaiting us. Her name is Ellie, her English is excellent and she is taking us to see the Museum of Wooden Architecture. Unpromising as this…

Pics Ulsan Baatur

Pics

ULAAN BAATAR/SIBERIAN EXPRESS

Friday 21st/Sat 22 (8/9 day) Temples were visited, the Winter Palace too. The King’s robes and artefacts evoked much admiration as did the 22ft gold Buddha in the temple nearby. I hope you can admire it in the accompanying photo as I had to pay 10 US dollars for the privilege. The Museum shop was…

Travelling to Mongolia

MONGOLIAN EXPRESS

we were startled when our car suddenly  did a U turn in the middle of the main road but I had noticed our driver having a hurried consultation with  our guide, Ben and then round we went and we were heading off in the opposite direction. It turned out that we had been about to…