'Vicious Face Patrol & Technical Break Outs' Miesje: Russian women. Let me elabourate. Even as I write this I am looking over my shoulder, for fear that I will be brusquely shoo'd out of the way, given the evil death stare or, as Lanty was so unceremoniously told earlier "I won't even bother to tell you how to do the washing up, f*****g hell!" (whilst clearly doing the washing up). I know that we as Brits have a reputation for being somewhat er... ...

Janey: Hello from Moscow. So we have quite a lot to catch up on... We set forth for Russia on the 28/2 and the train journey was relatively harmless and uneventful. The trek across St Petersburg put us all on edge and a little because suddenly we were confronted by very fast motorways all around us and no particular crossing points to speak of... we risked our lives and made it to the hostel, cuba hostel... which was very very cramped and our room stank of cheesy...