Hi everyone, We have arrived safely in Mongolia after the excitment of the border crossing. We're spending today in Ulaanbaatar then tomorrow we are going to Bayangobi where we will stay in a Ger camp for a night, the next day we travel on to Kharkhorinto sta in another Ger camp for two nights, before returning to Ulaanbaatar for our final night before leaving for China. We've only just arrived in Mongolia, so we don't have much to report except that we've all ...

We survived the lake, mythical monster sightings in the negative count. It was an amazing couple of days; we stayed in a really nice log cabin that had the luxury of a little private bathroom for each twin room. Not a bunk bed in sight! Really good breakfasts there too, which set us up well for all the hiking we did. Getting to do so much walking and climbing was so good after being cooped up on the train for two days. The views from the mountains surrounding ...

Hello everyone, we've had a very productive day in Moscow, seeing lots of important things: Red Square, The Kremlin, St Basil's and Lenin ('he was waxy'- lou). We've also tried traditional Russian food and it was tasty (and plentiful). Tomorrow we leave Moscow for Ekateringburg which will only take a day on the train. We're there for a couple of days before heading off to the beautiful Lake Baikal that you can see in the picture. The train to Baikal will take t...

Safely in Russia, managed to navigate the metro to get to the hostel, used real live Russian and everything (taken from a phrase book and probably said with an abysmal Russian accent). We explore Moscow tomorrow, then we hop on the train at around 2.30pm on Thursday. Then off we go! The rest of the group we're travelling seem great, be nice to have a few extra English speakers on the trip so we don't drive each other too crazy :P Thankyou for all the message...

Hello all! We're safely in Prague and successfully navigating ourselves around with a pseudo-map and a willingness to walk long distances. The weather (to be British for a second) is beautiful here, sunny and warm but not baking. We've sampled traditional soup and we're off to the theatre imminently to see a Black Light Theatre production of Faust. Tomorrow we're going to the castle and trying goulash. Love to everyone, Louisa and Jacqui xxx