Okay. Well here I am ready to start reviewing the four segments of my journey from Beijing to Moscow, around 8000 kilometres away, via Mongolia. The trip to the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bataar was 1426 kilometres, crossing the border at Erlian (China) passing through Jinignan, Zhurihe and Dzamynude and other towns that perhaps I …
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Well, following my series of panorama shots from South America I now have another well to dip into of shots from my latest trip. Starting with Beijing and the Great Wall of China. I was surprised to find that I didn’t take nearly as many as I thought I might have. Still, how many photos …
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There's no doubt the Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. It's the most popular thing to see at the Louvre, the most popular museum in Paris, the most popular city (for tourism) in the world. So. It's pretty popular. It's almost like this is what tourism now is - a fight. …
When I went to China at the beginning of May this year, more specifically to Beijing, it was about 95% to catch the first leg of the Trans-Mongolian train journey. However, as I was going there, I decided that I wanted to get to two of China’s great historical landmarks, the Forbidden City and the …
Here's a little quirky photo for you of a sign in a toilet in Yokohama, Japan. Some very important things you are not to do in the toilet. The amusing ones are the last two. I presume that the second last one is 'don't forget to flush', but when I first saw it I naturally …
Somehow I am suddenly in the United Kingdom! Strange how you suddenly find yourself in a different country. Well not really but it's always a bizarre feeling. Just as I was getting used to Russia. I'm AirBnB-ing it in London, but today I've taken a trip north to Cambridge, which is an incredibly beautiful town …
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 …
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 …
So I've had a couple of nights back here in Ulaan Baatar. Tonight it's a train over two nights and one day to the Russian city of Irkutsk on or near Lake Baikal. Ulaan Baatar is not an unattractive city. It has its Soviet influence, and right now it's kinda brown waiting for the leaves …
So. This is another truly remarkable building in the Argentinian capital, Buenos Aires. Now, one could be easily fooled by the title, couldn’t one? I mean, it sounds like a few mostly beige rooms with fancy cups that definitely wouldn’t be on my list of places to see. In fact, if my wife hadn’t been …
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A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
Andy Roams 