I got up late this morning after last nights vodka session :-S Grabbed a bit of breakfast, showered (yes that’s news worthy now!!) and popped out to the shop to get some lunch. Risked a pasty, which turned out to be filled with fish, onion and rice and tasted pretty good. Having got instructions from…
I started off the day by getting up earlier than the others, making my breakfast of fried eggs on toast and then heading off for the dog sledging. When I arrived at the dog sledging venue I bumped into Louise from the hostel in Moscow and we agreed to do the 10km trek where we…
Decided to head out for dinner last night in Irkutsk with Kim. After wandering around for a while we ended up in a big fast food place. Despite help from a Russian guy in the queue who could speak good English we managed to really amuse the girl serving by pointing and attempting to say…
Having grabbed some breakfast from the supermarket across the road I headed out to explore Irkutsk. Didn’t pick the best route and started out with the less attractive parts of town, but did take in the road with the most old wooden houses. Heading back to the hostel I went via the market, which was…
We arived in Irkutsk right on time. The Provodnitsa was round at 4:20am local time to make sure we were all awake and ready to get off the train. Kim and I got a taxi round to the hostel – cost 500 roubles for the 5 minute ride, but worth it because the hostel is…
About half an hour ago we pulled out of Ilanskaya so we’re into to last stage of the journey from Moscow to Irkutsk. Last night I joined Kim from my compartment, Tom, Becky, Chris and Josh from a couple of compartments down, plus a French guy from further down the carriage and two Americans from…
It’s the start of/half way through the third day on the train. Moscow time it’s 9:40, but at the moment we’re at +3 hours from Moscow. At least the trains all stick to Moscow time! Plus so far it has been bang on time. Spent most of the day yesterday eating, reading or chatting to…
We’re stopped at Kirov at the moment. Managed to get a good few hours sleep in between stops. The lady who was with us got off at her stop – Nizghy Novgorod – in the early hours. The other English guy disappeared after we had finished the Russian brandy and two bottles of Russian beer.…
Well I’ve made it to the train and we’ve just left Moscow. Bunked up with another English guy, Russian man and Russian lady. As I was warned it is boiling. Just getting into the drinks…
Day two in Moscow started with a jam sandwich the same as day one ended! There shortly followed a trip to the cheaper supermarket to stock up on more interesting food. Mission accoplished and one yoghurt later, I headed out with a couple of the people from the hostel. We headed up past Red Square…