14th September 2007 Moscow - we arrive on the train, the night train from Riga Latvia. Getting in Russia was long in every way, getting the visa in Prague and getting across the border, lots of checks the night before. Luckily we were in a great train, on the hard sleepers where it all gets very personal and you get to know your neighbours. Scowls, inquisitive or suspicious glances turned into smiles and sharing cake. We met a whole heap of Latvians and Russia...

One day stopover before Moscow long train. Riga, also a buzzy, optomistic place, full of young things looking forward to the future. The english language newspaper makes interting reading concerning how they like to deal with annoying politicans...they do a great meal delvery service here, huge restuarants with cheap as food, buffet stayle, a see a point affair luckly, loads of locals enoy it and so do we, yum, went there twice. Riga even closer to Scandonavi...

Those of you who have been to Prague will realise that it is the Charles Bridge in Prague, nothing to do with Vilinus. What is the weak connnection? Prague is beautiful with a castle on a hill, (sorry Jana, next time I promise), Vilinus has a castle and is beautiful too. Sorry we can not always download the approprite photos and the website will not let us write anything if we do not have a photo - hense random shots of Tintagel and Prague. We have no shame, I...

Hi the website did not have did not have Warsaw, Poland so you got Tintagel, Cornwall. I have not downloaded pictures yet. I am so old I don't know how to work it ...the computer that is...! Ahhhh... Any way, night bus to Vilinius, Lithuania tonight, then Riga, Latvia the day after and then Moscow on the 14th. No stories today, just facts. Fact: Warsaw is great, it has a interersting personality, one I would like to get to know in more than the day and a half ...

Hello, Finally have got round to setting up this bloody blog! Well we have made it across Western Europe overland from London to Prague! The aim of our trip is of course to try to travel overland as far as possible from London to India. We are taking the slightly less travelled path from Moscow through Central Asia Kazakstan, and through China and Tibet. We hope to be in India by Christmas time and everyone is welcome to come and join us there if they want. ...