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London part two - An English Country Wedding Spectacular!
2015-09-20 03:00:00 UTCThe next morning we were up early… For one very special reason.. Bridie and Tam’s wedding!!! We caught the tube out of London central to meet up with a couple of Bridie’s friends, Daisy & Dave who kindly offered us a lift for the hour & a half journey! It…
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Small snakey canals and cobble stone streets; St Petersburg
2012-05-28 04:59:00 UTCArriving at Moscow train station at about 11pm it was absolutely buzzing with all sorts of colourful characters! Our train finally departing at 12:50 am and we were pleased to leave behind the mush of army men and police gazing at us. The four birth cabins were the cleanest and…
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Kazan, Kremlin and sipping honey beer in Suzdal
2012-05-14 12:23:00 UTCThe train trip was really a blur- the first 24 hours spent catching up on essential sleep the first evening with a ladies card game and drinks… Then came day number 2. Day 2 - not too easily recalled, began with a midday bottle of vodka on the restaurant cart…
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Independent Ulan Ude
2012-05-06 10:37:00 UTCBack on the train we were bound for Russia, but not without a lengthy and intimidating border crossing process from the Russian guards. What we thought was going to be about a 12 hour over night journey turned into 24 hours. However some Mongolian red wine and a little bit…
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North China/Inner Mongolia, all aboard the Vodka Train
2012-04-28 07:18:00 UTCAfter stocking up on snacks and booze, with our bags pack the twelve us were ready and raring for our first train journey towards inner Mongolia (still within china).We were all pleased to be apart of the tour when we were told that we had a bus transfer to our…
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Exploring Xian & singing in Shanghai
2012-04-20 05:58:00 UTCFlying into Xian late and lost we were just happy to finally find our hostel after getting off the airport shuffle in the city. Chloe and I ended up at the bar drinking 20 yuen pints of carlesburg ($3) whilst Eric tried to sleep off her fever. Waking this morning…