August 21, 2004

No picnic # 1

It`s the journey that counts, not the destination. And that`s a very good thing, for the destination turned out to be a rather dismal place, despite the guidebooks` praise....

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Posted by Karlien on August 21, 2004 10:43 AM
Category: Russian Federation

Trains

In Europe, the thought of spending three nights in a row on a train would never enter my mind, but in Russia it`s quite comfortable - certainly more comfortable than some other places I spent the night, but I`ll tell...

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Posted by Karlien on August 21, 2004 10:23 AM
Category: Russian Federation

August 19, 2004

Blessed by Buddha

As I watched lake Baikal from the Irkutsk-Ulan Ude train, I almost wished I had suffered some great hardship to get there, so I could say "this makes it all worth it". But from the moment I had left Novosibirsk...

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Posted by Karlien on August 19, 2004 02:00 PM
Category: Russian Federation

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