I am not a fan of border crossings but this one on the train was easy. It was slow and boreing but there was no hastle. The officials came and got our passports and when they were finished they returned them. I got to skypewith Chris while I was waiting at the train station so that was a bit of fun. I held up my netbook and he could see around in real time. I met a Russian at the station and as I was getting on so was an Aussie tour group. I said Gday tothem and ...

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...