Good Morning all, When we first bought our tickets out of Russia, we were estatic. This was the first step in many that we will make in terms of booking buses/train tickets. (Little did we know that we will not only be sick of booking hostels and transportation but the constatnt move from one city to the next). Thinking to save money, we decided to take a overnight bus to Tallinn, Estonia. We were young and could easily sleep on the bus right?? (Chuckle) ...

Hello Everyone, It has been one month since Russia and the harsh Siberian plains and I have only just begun to appreciate the difference in culture and the social structure between 'West' and 'Russia'. No doubt everyone who is reading this has heard of the stories and myths about the bodka, communism influences and the 'harsh' and arrogant people that leave in Siberia...well basically this was what I also had to go by when I first boarded the train in Mongolia....

So I have finally sat down in Krakow on one of days off ready to write up a storm. Today it will be probably China and Ulaanbatoor. The thing that we did in Beijing is probably not worth mentioning. Mother was sick when we first arrived. This was ironic because all this time I was badgered by to not get sick. Other than the frequent blood noses (heat), I was encountered no dramas as we tried to patch up the things we did not visit last time we were in Be...

The first blog overseas is long over due.....and you will have to wait just alittle longer. Writing this in Moscow, I have decided that I will write about one country at a time rather one city. I would probably spend more time writing than actually sightseeing and been a Japanese tourist. The Russian leg hence is coming along well with my last city to be Saint Petersburg tomoz (3 days). From there into Estonia (where I will type up the blog I have slowly co...