Andy's Journeys to 71 countries & counting!
Hi folks. I’m on my way to the airport in Tokyo, about to fly home and conclude a six week trip that began shortly before midnight on the last day of April. It’s been another incredible six weeks but tomorrow I arrive home in the morning, with a short shift at work in the afternoon. What have I been up
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I need to preface the title really by saying it’s the last train journey in Russia and of the trans-Mongolian adventure. I will be taking more trains before I head home to Australia. It is just over 1800 km from Ekanterinburg to Moscow, just the one night in the train leaving at 7.17 am local time and due in at
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Well. There you go. 50 hours on a train. The only thing i can say is, I guess, I’d rather 50 hours on a train over a bus or plane any day! It’s been a marathon experience which began back on Friday afternoon leaving Irkutsk shortly after 4pm. It’s a journey that not only tool over two full days, but
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So, I’ve been here in the Siberian city of Irkutsk (bar half a day at Listvyanka), since Tuesday. Tuesday I did the bulk of my sight seeing on that day. That cold, blustery day where the mercury hovered just above freezing and I encountered quite a few flurries of snow. Today it’s time for the longest transit of the entire
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Howdy all fron Russia! Today I had the chance to take a day trip to Lake Baikal. I’m stay in the city of Irkutsk, which is 63km from the town of Listvyanka, so I hopped on a mini-bus today and made my way down to see the world’s largest inland lake, which holds something like a fifth of the world’s
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Howdy all from Russia. I’ve been on another long train journey. A very long journey – I left in the evening of Monday to get to Irutsk, near Lake Baikal, on Wednesday morning, so that’s two nights and one day on the train. I boarded in Ulaan Baatar at around 8pm. The train was much nicer, more modern, than the
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Greetings and so forth from Ulaan Baatar! I’ve just had a day of seeing the sights as it were, and finally have enough free time to blog about stuff I’ve been doing. For now, I want to take you back to Friday. My second day in Mongolia, I decided to take a tour to Terelj. Terelj is a village in
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Yes, I am now in Mongolia! Just a quick post as an update today. I left Beijing yesterday morning at 1122 on the overnight train to Ulan Bataar. Many take the train in one hit to Moscow but one night was enough for me this time. A great feeling between all on the train. Border crossing in the middle of
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Later today I leave for six weeks away, visiting China, Mongolia, Russia, England, France and Japan. Here is my list of the top seven things I’m looking forward to. Not working But seriously, right? This is going to be so nice not getting up early for split shifts, away from the monotony of work. Not that I’m not fortunate to
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Well, it’s that time, almost time to take off! I am leaving tomorrow night just before midnight Melbourne time and flying via Hong Kong to Beijing. It’s odd, the first time I can recall working on the day I leave. But – my packing is sorted, tickets too. I hope! Not much left to do now but get through two
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