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August 29, 2004Orphans' Summer CampJust back in Ulan Batar after 2 busy weeks out in the countryside. I was stuffed around a bit a the beginning of the programme, they wanted me to teach at a training centre in UB - 8 hours back...Read this update August 14, 2004Ulan BaatorNew country, dont speak the language, crowds of people at the station, and a printed sign with my name on it! Woohoo! I had emailed a guesthouse from Ulan Ude telling them the details of when I was arriving but...Read this update Border smugglingI lept out of bed at the sound of my alarm, not wanting to miss my train to Ulan Baator. It was still dark at 6am, the long summer days are quickly vannishing, but the street sweepers were already out,...Read this update August 11, 2004Ulan UdeLast stop in Russia! Got in super early this morning and heading off again tomorrow morning. Cross border train tickets proved to be a bit tricker to procure than domestic. Ulan Ude is a large city in the Republic of...Read this update Lake BaikalI dont know about everyone else but this place has always held a fascination for me. Can't remember where I first read about it, probably in National Geographic! So it's the world's deepest lake (1675m or so), and the oldest....Read this update August 08, 2004Soviet era jokesBought a wee book in Estonia that had a collection of jokes that were common throughout the USSR during Communism. People were censored so heavily that these were often the only way they could express a bit of their true...Read this update Posted by Nik Philps on August 8, 2004 02:19 PM
Category: The BAMBAM stands for Baikal-Amur Magistrale and is a branch line of the Trans-Sib which runs north around the top of Lake Baikal, continuing east. They were celebrating it's 30th anniversary, although some tunnels have only recently been completed. Like the...Read this update Carriage warfare!So from Novosibirsk 13 hours further east to Krasnoyarsk. Had been spending way too much on hotel rooms, they seem to think ah tourist= loaded with cash, so decided to buy a third class train ticket for the next leg....Read this update |
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