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Something went wrong with the Omul

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Though Nikita’s is about the only accommodation option in Khuzir nothing is stinted upon to make a stay very comfortable. A little more expensive than the oh so basic city hotels the provision of three cooked meals a day more than made up for having to reach a little deeper into the pocket.  Each plate brought out contained as much as we had been eating in a day.Even though we arrived well after the advertised lunch period was over the friendly staff assured us it was no problem and ushered us through into the dining hall. [read on]

I got visas on the brain

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

There are those that say that you travel to discover the truth about yourself.  If that is the case then it is probably time to accept that getting to departure points on time, if that time is early in the morning, is a major weakness.  With each breath showing prominently in the frozen morning air we are running down ul. Timiryazeva with about two minutes to cover the final couple of kilometres to the bus station.  It seems unlikely we will make it.

A good portion of the blame for this can be attributed to one of the most ridiculous traffic jams I have ever seen.  All the trolley bus had to accomplish was a left turn off ul. Lenina and we would be in plenty of time to find the correct shuttle to Olkhon.  But trying to get across Dzerzhinskogo everything ground to a halt.  With traffic from every direction somehow all in the intersection at once there was suddenly nowhere for anyone to go.  This Gordian knot only pulled tighter as any time an inch of space appeared those nearest would rush to fill it instead of being patient and letting the one or two vehicles out that would unravel the whole mess. [read on]

Train Leg #9

Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Seventy-nine kilometres out of Tomsk is the junction where the branch line we are on rejoins the main east-west route.  In a classic piece of short sighted lobbying the Tomsk city administrators of the time wanted to protect their own ... [Continue reading this entry]

Womble Town

Saturday, August 15th, 2009
  While I freely admit to having a bit of a boner over trains, being forced to take a bus really makes you realise why.  My poor cycled out knees ache when forced to stay in one position for too ... [Continue reading this entry]

Blowing up the kitchen.

Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Being in a city for only a few days you are really only trying to build a slight impression of the place.  For Yekaterinburg that would be unfinished buildings.  Most strikingly was what I assume was supposed to be a ... [Continue reading this entry]