It was a great train trip. We got on at 10pm and arrived at 7am so everyone slept pretty much all the way. When I arrived in Nizhney I was gonna walk to the Kremlin. I couldnt make any sense of the map in the LP and walked aimlessly for a while. A woman in a tram pulled up and gave me a hoy. I said "Kremlin" and she said something like "jump on handsome and I will take you there"...well thats what it sounded like anyway. Im glad I took the tram cos I never would ...

I know you expected me to be in Yekaterinburg but I skipped it. More later. I read my ticket wrong and thought I was in seat 33 and gave the woman there a hrad time to get out of my seat. Provodnitsa came along and sorted it out, I was supposed to be in seat 5. Woops. The lady in seat 7 took a shine to me but she cant speak english and I dont speak Russian. The family in the next compartment bought out lunch. These people dont chuck a couple of sarnies in a bag ...

The trains here all run on Moscow time, no matter where you are. my train last night was at 15.45 on the ticket so that means 19.45 local time cos here is Moscow plus 4hr. It can be a little confusing but more confusing if they all ran on local time, since there are 9 time zones in Russia. Novosibersk is the first place I have been so far that is on a different time zone to Perth. Up until now I have been on the same time as you. It doesnt get dark here til after...

This train trip was pretty easy, only 19hr. The guy in the bunk below me chucked a spaz when I put my foot on his bed. He said no one else was coming in our compartment so I could have the other bottom bunk. Sweet. (I hate top bunk cos you cant sit up on them) So I stash my gear under the bunk and guess what happens at the next stop. You got it. A boy in an army uniform got on and said it was his bunk. They want me to leave my stuff under the bunk and he gonna pu...

I had a terrible nights sleep last night. We had a Korean bloke in the dorm and he kept most of us awake with his snoreing.I met a pom named Tom in the hostel and we came to Listvyanka together. The Mushrutka only cost 100 rubles for the 1hr trip. Two young Singaporean girls were on the same Mushrutka and coming to the same Eco lodge. If I was on my own and not booked this is the last place I would have stayed. It is 1/2hr walk ALL UPHILL to get to the place. The...