Morning all, Well, we're just about to leave China for Vietnam - the final country before we land in Oz. Since the last update we've been in Mongolia and Beijing. Mongolia was incredible. We spent the first night in "UB" aka Ulaan Baator, the capital. It's a crazy place - half the people live in houses, the other half still live in their gers (see photo). Traffic is an absolute nightmare and the police like to supplement their wages by shaking down t...

Hello all, Been down by Lake Baikal for the last 3 nights but now back in civilisation so can make another quick post. Everything has been perfect so far - met some great people, seen some amazing sights. I even swam in Lake Baikal - although Linz wasn't brave enough for that. All my practice in sub-zero Shetland paying off I guess. Anyway, since last we blogged we've also been in Moscow - met up with a Moscovite couple on the train from Riga and they gav...

Hi all, Well, we finally got around to writing on this! We're just enjoying out last couple of hours in Riga before starting our first big train journey, to Moscow. Riga has been fantastic, our hostel is right in the heart of the Old Town so perfect for exploring. So far, aside from battling with foreign keyboards that do weird things when you try to use them, we have enjoyed drinks in a bar at the top of a 26 floor hotel, gone on a couple of excursions to th...