I have a couple of layovers on the way home, but the trip is pretty much over. CHINA I only had a few days there and I have a few on the way home. I dont like the east coast as much as the south. It was OK but I didnt think it was anything special. MONGOLIA was expensive and so not worth the money. It could have been but in my case I thought it was way overpriced. Having said that I would do the tour again cos it is the only way to get to the places I wanted to...

OMG again..... Peterhof is about 40km from St Petersburg, So that meant I had to take the metro to the end and get a bus. Usually I get to a busstation and buy a ticket and walk around waving the ticket til someone tells me where to go. This time I had to sort out a Mushrutka and work out which ones go past where I want to go. It didnt take long by asking around and showing my book with Petrodvorets written in it in Russian. Peterhof is the old name and the new n...

I was going to go to the Hermatige today but it is closed monday for cleaning. Silly of me to forget cleaning day. Instead I went to an area they call the Historic center. This place is A M A Z I N G. It is like a living museum. I didnt know where to look. If you look the wrong way you will miss something. I think my favourite was the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, it is modelled on St Basil's and built on the spot where Alexander II was blown up by the P...

St Petersburg is the fourth largest city in Europe. It is built on a river delta so is full of canals and waterways and has over 340 bridges. They say it is the most European of any city in Russia. I got here at 7.30 this morning after the stuffup last night, and headed straight for the metro. I have worked out the metro in Moscow so this one should be easy, there are not as many lines. It took me a few goes but I think I have got it sussed. The stations here ar...