Poland: Krakow and Auschwitz
Commencing the next point of my zigzag through Europe, I took an overnight train from L’Viv in Ukraine to Krakow, Poland. This was a silly […]
Ukraine: L’Viv
When going overseas on holiday, taking a break from ordinary life and jumping on a plane to escape to another land for a few weeks, […]
Ukraine: My Trip to Chernobyl and Pripyat
Warning: Photo overload! As mentioned in my brief post on Kiev, my primary reason for visiting Ukraine was to take a look at the site […]
Ukraine: Kiev
After I received my new passport in Amsterdam, I booked a flight out to what was going to be my next destination after Russia: Kiev, […]
The Netherlands: A Small Detour
If you’ve read my previous post, you’ll know that I’ve had to abandon my plans for St Petersburg and fly pretty quickly to Amsterdam to […]
Russia: Losing My Passport
It was my last day in Moscow. I planned to head to St Petersburg that night on an overnight train, and was really looking forward […]
Russia: Moscow
Moscow! Well, I’ve now technically reached the end of the Trans Siberian railway line. Since Beijing I’ve covered 9,001 Km by train, and I still have […]
Russia: Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and The Train
I picked my next stop along the Trans-Siberian to be Novosibirsk, a relatively large city in the centre of Russia, just above eastern Kazakhstan. I […]
Russia: Irkutsk and Lake Baikal
After spending a couple of weeks exploring the Mongolian sparseness it was finally time to embark on the next leg of the Trans-Siberian train to […]
Mongolia: The Gobi Desert, Part 2
Part two of the Gobi trip! Carrying on from where I left off last time, we stayed in a ger one night with a woman […]