Trans Siberian (Part 2)

My last day in Ulan Ube was leisurely. I was woken at 6am by my current weird sleep pattern problem and read for an hour until a 7am breakfast in the hotel bar. It was not due to get light until 9.30am at the earliest and the temperature was hovering around -30c at this unearthly hour, putting you off going…

Trans Siberian (Part 1)

I arrived at the Moscow train station at about 8.30pm to meet my two Aussie friends, the ones I met in Tallinn. After an endless queue to get my train tickets (I booked over the internet) we went to the platform and watched our train being shunted in backwards.

We soon made ourselves comfortable and as the train moved off, we…

Koh Phi Phi – The Tsunami Four Years On

I had two days before my flight from Krabi to Bangkok. Air Asia fly for twenty five pounds, much preferable to paying twenty pounds for the shitty journey we had on the way down. Koh Lanta was not doing it for us as there was no life there so we got a ferry to Koh Phi Phi.

After getting ripped off…

Back in Bangkok

You can come to Bangkok a hundred or more times and your senses with still be hit by the sights and smells, good and bad. Bangkok is a melting pot of everything Asian you can think of from the monks walking the streets in their saffron robes to street vendors selling delicious food along the side of the road.

The humid…

Copenhagen Baby

I have arrived in Copenhagen, the first stop of my fleeting journey over Scandinavia en route to Moscow.

I had booked myself into Danhostel for two nights. Unfortunately it turned out to be affiliated with Hostelling International. Nothing is free at His. The beds are cheap but you pay a lot for extras such as using the internet or eating their…