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Red square and more

Red Square runs parallel to the Kremlin. The wall of the Kremlin is made of red bricks which gave the square its...

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Moscow

  When you imagine Moscow, you think of the austere grey buildings of the Communist area. Moscow for most people has been...

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Kazan

As we get closer to Kazan, it is becoming more populated. Villages are closer together. Houses now have vegetables or other plants...

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Yekaterinburg

  Yekaterinburg , founded in 1773, was a city designed to be the link between Asia and Europe and the industrial centre...

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Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk is a modern city by Russian standards. It was built in the 1890’s to build and service the Trans-Siberian railway. It...

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Irkutsk and a day on the train

  Today we are on the train. Our cabin is small but comfortable. There are two seats and the bunks fold down...

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Lake Baikal

  Lake Baikal is a deep rift valley towards the centre of Siberia. Now we have all heard of the terrible fate...

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Ulan Ude

Ulan Ude is a city with an diverse ethnic history. It identifies itself as being mainly Mongolian but is part of the...

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On the train, across the Gobi desert

Our day today is mainly a train journey. We are travelling to Ulan Ude. The railway was built in the early 1900’s...

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Oops we are still in Mongolia and here is the blog

Today was hectic stop,eat,hectic,waiting for missing people,hectic,eat,wait,follow me, my feet hurt, a typical tour arrangement. Yesterday we visited the Terelj National Park...

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