In Beijing now which it turns out is fantastic. The picture of the Forbidden City up there is unfortunately not one of mine, will try to get some of mine up when I'm in one place for more than 2 days! This evening is my last on the tour run by Vodkatrain, lots of vodka has been drunk but then again theres not a lot else to do on a 4 day train journey! Met a lot of brilliant people both travellers and locals. Went all round the Forbidden City, Tianamen Square, Te...

Turns out Ulaanbaatar has more free wifi than anywhere I've ever seen so just a quick update from a borrowed netbook. Had an awesome time in Siberia, staying near Lake Baikal. Haven't had an opportunity to put up any of my pictures on here yet but I can report that the landscape was pretty impressive. Dog sledding was fantastic and going night skiing in Siberia was definitely an experience despite being intensely cold. Russia Mongolia border was a bit of a nightm...

Arrived in Moscow yesterday and had the trial of getting across Moscow on the public transport. The airport to city centre bus was pretty easy to find and use, but the metro was trickier. With a mixture of maps in Russian and English found my way to the hostel, very nice and clean (also free internet hence I can write about it all on here). Not very cold here, about the same as we had over xmas but think its going to get a lot colder as I move through Russia. Off...