wow what an intence 3 days on the train felt like an age! Its the longest time ive every spent on a train and ever want to again! It was a great exsperinece tho with sleeping on the train which was pretty much all we did and except for drinking vodka and getting off at various stops just to get some fresh air!

After the train trip we got into irkust dont think thats how u spell it! at 9:10am local time but we were still on moscow time which was 4:10am so was all a bit of a mix up for the body clock!

We got a bus tp lake beikal which is just stunnibg abosolutly amazing! great views and very cold! We stayed in a very nice hostel set back in the mountains now i cam see where all my money went! The day after we went for a walk on the ice which was scary at one point there was a rumble which scrayed every and we all tried to make our way back to edge as quickly as possible! It was the ice cracking as it was so vast it just echo! I have many pictures to put up from the start of my trip till now but havnt had a chance to put any thing up! only got 6 mins left on the internet time so going to heve to cut it short.

We are going to mongolia for the next stop which is apprently -30! so getting my layers on!

Got lots more to tell but will write when i have more time!

Hope all is a well with every one at home.

p.s i now have a good beard!