Here are a few pics from Russia finally! St Petersburg Church, Moscow convent, some shots from the Trans-Siberian train (sunset enroute and our wagon with fellow feral wagon mates stretching the legs :)
After Moscow we went on the train to Yekaterinburg (pretty and friendly), then a looong train ride to Irkutsk (nice little city except for all the fluffy pollen blowing around from the trees like snow!), then went out to Lake Baikal. Gotta say out of all of Russia, Lake Baikal is the place i'd like to come back to! Absolutely beautiful scenery and the lake itself is just astounding. Holds 20% of the worlds fresh water, is actually growing all the time cos it is on the edge of 3 tectonic plates and the water is so pure you can drink it right from the lake. Not that we did lol :PHaven't got the pics from it sorted yet so will put them up soon (hopefully tomorrow) but as with anything that amazing pics just can't do it justice!
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Now in Mongolia after another train journey. Was with all English speaking tourists in our wagon this time which was a big change as prior to this we have had no other English speakers. All good fun and now at least a few Russians know how to play 'squares', 'snakes and ladders' and 'chinese checkers' :D
Only been in Ulaanbaatar so far here in Mongolia and while it is not a beautiful city, it is fairly quiet, friendly people and not to fast paced (though you take your life in your hands when you cross the road!) Saw a buddhist monastery this morning which had a huge gold statue (50feet high i think) which was just eye boggling. Seen various other bits and pieces and heading out on Friday for a 4 day 'learn to be a nomad' trip which we are really looking fwd to! Lots of horseriding, yak carts, living with the nomads etc so should be pretty interesting :)
Will hopefully have some interesting pics to post when we return!
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