Finally a computer that works ! Got to Lake Baikal in the end after booking a bus ticket the previous day , i was a bit unsure whether i'd actually get there or not as the destination said MCS not Olhkon . But the most miserable babuska in the world , ensured me it was right , so who was i to argue ! On the minibus , after stopping at every 5 house village halfway up the side of a mountain the bus arrived at MCS , after 4 hours . Which after all was onl...

Just got back from five days at lake Baikal and im off to Ulan Ude tonight 21st to the worlds biggest Lenin Head then i'll be going straight to Vladivostok .This computers crashed twice now and made me lose what i've wrote so i'll let you now more what i've been upto when i get to vladivostok .See you soon

Just spent the last 77 hours on a train in carriage with 51 other people !! it wasn't actually that bad , found a hostel here in Irkutsk , straight away not really done much today been and booked my ticket for tomorrow to , Olkhon Island at Lake Baikal . The Deepest Lake in the world should be frozen with metre thick ice , gonna spend a few days there , See if i can break the ice and have a quick dip . I'll sort thr pictures out later , this computer'...

Been in moscow for a couple of days now , when i first got here it was just like last time with massive run down flats evrywhere . When i first stepped of the train , i nearly froze to death even though , it was only minus 14 !!Hostels been good , basic but right in the middle of moscow , so it's been easy to get to everywhere . Been round all the tourist sights Red Square , Kremlyn , St Peters and a few other parks and attractions around the city . By far an...