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* Travelling sideways through Siberia * The first bit of the train journey * What I've been reading * Moscow * St Petersburg * the rest of the baltics * Riga Riga * When is an island not an island?
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July 31, 2004Stuck in the middle of SiberiaSiberia~!~! It has such a cool ring to it doesn't it? Everyone has heard of it one way or another, and always associates it with bitter cold, but trust me it can get pretty hot too!!! At uni we had...Read this update Travelling sideways through SiberiaBright and early - so early I have to get a taxi as there's no public transport yet early - I set off for the station. I allowed plenty of time this time, so much so that I had time...Read this update The first bit of the train journeyI didn't set off to a good start. I misjudged the time needed to get back to the hostel and pick up my pack, was busy taking pictures of the mamoth statue of Peter the Great and another one of...Read this update What I've been readingAs most of you know, I am an inveterate bookworm. Thought some people might be interested in the books I read before this trip and so fuel that keeps me going across the endless Siberian steppes. Pick which ones are...Read this update July 30, 2004MoscowIt's hard to believe I was in Moscow!!!! It's one of those places that you've always known where it was, seen it on the news and in movies but never thought that you'd actually be there, standing in Red Square,...Read this update July 21, 2004St PetersburgSo I made it to Russia! I was so excited to be setting off that even though my hostel was only 2 minutes from the train station i was at the platform a good half an hour early, a habit...Read this update the rest of the balticsAhoj, I think I was leaving Riga in my last entry. Caught the sloooooow local train out to Sigulda, a smallish town on the edge of the Gauja National Park. It had the most open park space I've ever seen...Read this update July 10, 2004Riga RigaReluctantly dragged myself back to civilisation and on a bus to Riga, the capital of Latvia. There was a German guy and his adorable little daughter on the bus and the hours passed remarkably quickly playing card games with her...Read this update When is an island not an island?From Vilnius I took a long uneventful bus ride out to the coast to nice enough but unexciting town called Klaipeda. From there I took a ferry out to the Curonian Spit. It's a 100km long sand and pine forest...Read this update |
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