It’s been 13 years since we were last in Moscow so we were interested to see how things had changed. Much to our surprise – and absolute joy – they were able to give us our room as soon as we arrived at 6.30 am so we were able to soak in the bath for […]
It’s 6.47 am on Friday morning and we are on our way to Moscow. The journey will take us 3 days (76 hours) and we will arrive at 6.05 am on Monday morning. The first thing we need to get our head around is the time. Our ticket shows a departure time of 1.47 am. […]
After getting off the train and meeting our guide and driver we went straight to church! Thank goodness I was wearing one of the silk scarves that I had bought in China as I needed it to cover my head. Russian Orthodox churches are very beautiful inside with many paintings, frescos and icons and it […]
What an ugly brute of a train we are on. A real Soviet iron horse. It sat so high off the platform that I had to climb 5 metal, retractable ladder steps and pull myself up using the handrails. David then had to lift our luggage up over his head for me to pull onto […]
Heading back towards Ulaan Baatar we passed by an area with lots of animal pens where the sheep and goats are brought to be sheered and their wool sold to make blankets and cashmere goodies and where cows and horses are bought, sold and slaughtered. We were soon back in the city and suddenly surrounded […]
We are back in our Ger (Mongolian name for a Yurt) and have just finished our second night of playing Animal Bones after dinner. The playing pieces are sections of a goat’s spine and each side represents a different animal. If the bone is lying flat then one side its a goat and the other […]
Journey by train through Mongolia, Siberia and Russia - May/June 2015
