Hi, We have had a great few days in Russia. Left Moscow on the 17th and spent the next 4 days on the trans-mongolian train. The scenery was nice but didn't change at all during this time. We shared a compartment with a couple of Irish people who were lovely, and managed to entertain ourselves with card games and backgammon and drinking beer. We got to Irkutsk and were taken down the bumpiest road I've ever been on to Lake Baikal where we were staying in a vi...

We're in Moscow. We've just been to the Kremlin. Yesterday we went to see Lenin in his mausoleum as well as St Basil's. The day before we did a river cruise, and then took a stroll in Gorky Park. This was all fairly enjoyable in spite of the amount of queueing and misinformation associated with visiting anywhere in Russia. We spent almost as long queueing to get into the Kremlin this morning as we actually spent inside looking at things. St Petersburg was ...

Hello All, Here is a brief summary of what we've been up to in St Petersburg. Found our hostel with not too much trouble - we only tried to break into one appartment block before finding the right door. The hostel is really quite nice, and populated by lots of friendly people from various places around the world. And there's free Internet access! Shared some vodka with a Scotsman, a Frenchman, an Aussie, and Argentinian bloke and a Brazilian girl, and h...

We are currently in St Petersburg. We will fill you in on our Russian exploits in a few days.