Why you should visit Irkutsk, Siberia
Heading north-east from Lake Baikal, we nearly missed our train for Moscow because we had so much fun in Irkutsk. More on that later. For now, here are 14 reasons this Siberian city deserves your visit!
View ArticleOld men, a супермаркет, and the worst “hotel” in Siberia.
We were almost condemned to an eternity of leopard-print and bed lice.
View ArticleThe 5 Day Train & The Novosibirsk Proposal
We're on our way from Irkutsk - Moscow. Of that I am sure. I'm not sure of much else, except that I'm pretty certain I was sold off to a random Russian guy for 2,000 roubles.
View ArticleSnapshots from Moscow.
After five days of crossing Russia by rail, our train clunks to a final stop at 4 o'clock in the morning to a snowy Moscow.
View Article8,504km later: The Final Leg of the Transsiberian
Holy smokes. We made it. We actually made it. And we're both still alive, to boot.
View ArticleI am in love with Latvia.
A street sign reads "Skunu iela" and an Audi A6 with Latvian plates is parked at the corner. The maroon and white of the Latvian flag waves sedately in the thin November breeze.
View ArticleFire on Water: Remembrance Day in Riga.
Out of the blackness emerge a dozen men, eight who are brandishing a heavy raft piled high with cuts of timber. Another three carry ten-foot flagpoles; a torch is borne by the final man, flames leaping.
View ArticleHow the Flight I Never Took Changed My Life
Sometimes the biggest adventure does not involve booking a flight and leaving. Sometimes the biggest adventure involves staying exactly where you are.
View ArticleOn Meat & Onions and Castles on Lakes: Finding Trakai Castle, Lithuania
I don't know about you, but I love me a good castle. So let's talk castles.
View ArticleA Welsh-English Camper-Van New Years.
First off, let's make something clear. I haven't been away. I've just been lazy.
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