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Mongolia – Journeys to the Wild Wild East (Part 2)
This is the second part of our blog of our times in Mongolia. For Part 1 click here. Day 6 Another relaxing morning as didn’t have to leave the Khongor dunes too early as was not going to be … Continue reading
Posted in Mongolia
Tagged Gobi Desert, Horhog, Horse Meat, Kharkhorum, Khongor, Mongolia, Ongi, Orkhon Waterfall, photography, travel, Ulaan Bataar, White Lake
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Mongolia – Journeys to the Wild Wild East (Part 1)
Mongolia is easily the least developed and most wild country we have ever been to. And we absolutely loved it. It is not wild in a party sense or even a criminal sense; it is wild for its massive amounts of wilderness. … Continue reading
Posted in Mongolia
Tagged food, Gobi Desert, Khongor Sand Dunes, Khongor Tours, Mongolia, photography, travel, Ulaan Bataar, Ulan Bator, White Stupa
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Trans-Siberian Madness Part 1 – Moscow to Omsk
08/08/12 – 13.15 (Day 1, 0 hours into first leg) OK. So for this Trans-Siberian blog we are going to try and write it as we go to get a true feeling for this epic journey. Although we have already … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, Trans-Siberian
Tagged food, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Mongolia, Moscow, Omsk, photography, Russia, Siberia, Trans-Mongolian, Trans-Siberian, travel
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St Petersburg and Moscow – The start of our Russian adventures
As everyone knows Russia is one massive country, which means there is a lot to see and therefore a lot to write about. The Russian section of our travel was something we had planned and looked forward to before we … Continue reading
Posted in Moscow, Russia, St Petersburg
Tagged Church of Saviour of Spilled Blood, food, Hermitage, Kremlin, Matisse, Moscow, Pelmeni, photography, Russia, St Basils, St Petersburg, travel, Winter Palace
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Rastafarians, a Republic, Beaver Stew, Hitler, Stalin and the Beach – Only in Lithuania and Latvia
Well Latvia and Lithuania aye. Of all the countries we have travelled to, these have to be two that we least expected we would ever get to. In fact, before we started looking into doing this trip if you had … Continue reading
Posted in Latvia, Lithuania, Riga, Vilnius
Tagged Baltic, beaver stew, food, Hitler, Jurmala beach, Latvia, Lithuania, Occupation, Old Town, photography, Riga, Stalin, travel, Uzupio, Vilnius
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Poland – Past, Present and Prospering
Poland just might be one of the most fucked over countries in the world in recent centuries. Being wedged between Germany and Russia has not made for a nice place to be when it comes to nationalism or independence. But … Continue reading
Posted in Krakow, Poland, Warsaw
Tagged Auschwitz, Birkenau, Cloth Market, food, Holocaust, Kazimierz, Krakow, Moa Burger, Nazis, Old Town, photography, Poland, Schindler's Factory, Schindler's List, travel, Uprising, Warsaw, Wieliczka Salt Mines
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You Melt My Heart – Melt Festival, Germany. (festival review)
For our second music festival in two weeks we were off to Melt in Germany. Although the weather wasn’t hot enough to melt anything, the event still lived up to its catchphrase “Melt your heart”. We absolutely loved it and … Continue reading
Berlin – One of the hottest cities in the world despite its cold past
Germany, well Berlin anyway, was a part of our journey that we had been looking forward to, as it was an opportunity to stay in the one place for a while. Plus we had another music festival to go to, … Continue reading
Posted in Berlin, Germany
Tagged Berlin, Berlin Wall, East Side Gallery, food, Germany, History Museum, Holocaust Memorial, Kreuzberg, Spree, Topography of Terror, travel
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