I got through the airport by 11 so changed my mind. there was an old lady doing deals at the airport. If I had kept going i would have been at train stations at midnite and 3 in the morning and train stations are notoriously dodgy so I did a deal with the old lady for a room for the night for 200R. The airport was empty. I was surprised. We seemed to be the last flight for the night and all the shops were closing. Anyway the old lady did the deal for 200 and she ...

Just sittin here using the free WiFi and makin sure everything works and I know how to use it.The flight up was OK. my seat was a bit uncomfortable but I got a window seat. After the meal and selling the overpriced Duty Free and trinkets the Trolley Dolly came and made us all put down the window shades. I have never had that before on a daylight flight. I have been surfing the net here and it looks like the trains to Shanghai run every couple of hours so it looks...

Let me clear up some stuff about the "Trans Siberian". And get some more practice useing this little computer. The Trans Siberian is a train that goes from Moscow to Vladivostock. It covers over 9200km and 8 time zones.....I'm not taking that train. The Trans Mongolian branches southfrom near Lake Baikal and goes through Mongolia to Beijing. The Trans Manchurian train goes around Mongolia to Beijing. I'm also not taking either of these. I might take part of the t...

Australia Day weekend boy and I went to Wellington dam for some Maron. There were about 20 of us counting adults and kids. In all 4 tents, 1 camper and my caravan. i got a chance to try out my theory about catching fish and you get them by jigging from the bottom. I caught 2 Red Fin Perch. There are not too many marron left in the dam these days and it is hard work catching them. Boy is usually pretty good at catching them but this time he was ****. I had too muc...