Hi all, im back at the internet cafe and despite just having lost the entire blog i had written, im gona try again to write this damn thing!! So we arrived on Olkhon Island on wednesday at Nikkitas Guesthouse an eco friendly homestead on the island. All of the buildings are wooden with amazing carvings and decorations on them. We are staying in a local family's guesthouse which was really sweet and the homestead is on the shore of the lake so we have excellent ...

Hi all, Well we have just got back to Irkutsk after spending 4 days relaxing and enjoying ourselves on Olkhon Island. We have been enjoying Lake Baikal, the worlds largest or deepest (im not sure which!) fresh water lake! We took the train on Monday from Krasnoyarsk around midday and settled into our kupe. We were sharing with two young russian guys who once again thought we were hillarious becuase we couldnt speak any russian and chatted to us for the entire ...

Hey, We arrived in Krasnoyarsk and were met by Anatoliy our guide, at the train station. Matt and Karin had arranged to stay with the same guy so we headed off together. Anatoliy drove us in his dilapidated lada to his house pointing out the many highlights of the city! We were staying with a russian lady called Gallina, who was very sweet and made us lovely breakfasts each morning. It was really nice to stay in a home after so many nasty hotel rooms! She didnt...

Hi Sorry for the delay in these blog posts we have been a bit cut off from internet access so havent been able to up date my old blog! We had a fun train ride from Perm which was actually a really boring city! There were two russian guys sharing our kupe (our train compartment) who thought we were hillarious because we could speak any russian and im sure he called all his friends to tell them about the angliski's he was sharing with! He also insisted on tal...

Hi All, Well we have had an intersting few days since i last wrote on my blog. Saw all the sights of Moscow which was really cool, including queing up to see Lenin which was really odd as he loked just like a waxwork model and it was so dark in there i nearly fell over and the guards scared the hell out of us coz they were so fierce! After that we went to the Kremlin which was cool and there was a Cartier exhibition on so obviously had to take a look found there!...