Andy's Journeys to 71 countries & counting!
Doctor Who is in the news again this week. I wasn’t expecting the (exciting) announcement of the new Doctor so soon, but I was planning on a more detailed account of my Doctor Who Day from my latest trip – the Missing Episodes Day run by Fantom Films in Rickmansworth, near London. Okay, so context is needed for those readers
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My final journey which completed my trip from Beijing to Moscow began early morning in Ekanterinburg. Luckily my hotel was just opposite the train station, and I was there around 7am in the morning, an hour before the train left. In all cases I was advised to get to the station an hour before the train, but I’m not sure
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After a couple of hostels and a yurt, I found myself in the rather wonderful business hotel ‘Marins Park Hotel’ in Ekanterinburg. Okay, it wasn’t the most amazing stay I’ve ever had, but it ticked all the main boxes and I left feeling pretty satisfied with my stay and choice. I had a basic double room at the hotel on
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After seeing a couple of shows in London earlier this year, I came back to find my favourite musical of all time was on at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne – My Fair Lady. So on Saturday we hopped a train into the city to see what this musical was up to on its 60th anniversary. It was on in
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Good Sunday to all! Here are a selection of panoramic shots I took in Moscow back in May! Saving on words today! Enjoy! Thanks for stopping by – May the Journey Never End!
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Hi all. It’s taken an age but finally I’m getting around to writing about Air Bnb. In the last two trips I’ve used Air BnB five times, twice for homestays and three times to rent apartments. They have been quite different experiences. I’m not sure what took me so long to finally use Air BnB. It’s really a great idea.
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After three days in Irkutsk it was mid-afternoon and I was back on the rails again headed roughly due west towards the city of Ekanterinburg, the city which saw the demise of the last Tzar of Russia, Nicholas the Second. Again, it was realrussia.co.uk through which I got my ticket for this train. 180 pounds making it the second most
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The Baikaler Hostel in Irkutsk, Russia, has a pretty good reputation and I was very glad that I was able to get a room there – especially as there was only one private room in the whole hostel! Apparently it is owned and run by an interesting and friendly character named Jack. Unfortunately for me he was not around for
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Howdy folks and welcome again to another feast of wide photos! I’m splitting my Russian Panoramas into two sections, and today it’s, well, everything bar Moscow. The border town (with Mongolia) of Naushki was not a place to remember, but I feel this photo shows the viewer why. Irkutsk was a surprisingly pretty town which I liked, despite a guy
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And in Mongolia I returned to the ol’ ‘hostel’ experience. Which I have to say, was pretty bally splendid! It’s been a long time since I can say I stayed in a place that was good in so many aspects as ‘Zaya Hostel’, in the Mongolian capital of Ulaan Baatar. Firstly I was met by a friendly driver at the
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