Bethan and Robin's Eastern Excursions
In and around Warwick, United Kingdom
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We began our trip by missing the train to Gatwick, a familiar occurance for us as we have a tendency to be late for everything!
We rushed to get the next train- the travel begins! I then realise Ive forgotten my only jumber, my trousers and all our malaria tablets!! We get to gatwick without any further troubles bar one. There is a lack of places for Robin to get his nicotine fix, and thus he sat in the departure lounge looking longingly at duty free cigarettes.
We decided to visit the perfume section. I liked the smell of one, and then another, and several more until we both had about 457 differnt types of perfume sprayed onto us. Before we boarded the plane you could smell us...we were the most fragrant people in London! This turned out to be a good thing as the plane smelt and had bits falling off!! Will we make it to Russia alive....
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Beth & Robin
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REFUSED ENTRY TO RUSSIA!!
We arrived in Kaliningrad, after an uneventful flight. We mosied off the plane and into arrivals, which was also customs. We qued for ages, to get... Continue reading »
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Spilt Blood and Stroganoff
On our first day in St Petersburg we were pretty lethargic, having arrived so early this morning. We decided to just have a mooch around and get ou... Continue reading »
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Train Ticket Trouble
We woke early so we could buy our train tickets to Moscow. We arived at the station, only to discover no-one spoke English. This combined with many... Continue reading »
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Boats, Ballet and Brides
Toay it was another beautiful day, so we headed to one of the many canals to board a boat tour of the city. We boarded our boat and floated along t... Continue reading »
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Seeing in the Rain!
On Saturday (19th) we decided to do nothing! Having walked so many miles we were both knackered, so we just mosied around cafes drinking cold drink... Continue reading »
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Tight Train Travel!
We left St. Petersburg at twenty past nine by 3rd class (worst of the worst!) sleeper train to Moscow. The sleeper carriage has around 50+ bunks. W... Continue reading »
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Mosow market mayhem!!
Today we had a sluggish start....making the most of a comfortable double while we had the chance! Unfortunatly we got moved into a dorm, but its not t... Continue reading » -
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Meeting the Dead and Seeing Basil!!!
Today we headed into the cente of Moscow, with the intention of visiting the Kremlin. We unkowingly entered the Red Square, yet were unaware of whe... Continue reading »
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Zee Crazy Kremlin!
Today we headed to the Kremlin! It was another beautiful day. Beth urged Robin to finally apply soem suncrem, as he has been becoming increasingly... Continue reading »
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Russian hospitality (and lack of it!)
Today we woke early to leave Moscow. We got the metro to a bus station. Then boardeda cramped bus to a town called Vladimir (180 km from Moscow). F... Continue reading »
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The sights of Suzdal
Today we awoke quite hungover!. We got ur gear together after a quick wash and were then offered tea and cake for breakfast. We said our goodbyes a... Continue reading »
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The sights (and smells) of Russian train travel...
Well we managed to get to Nizny Novgorod and arrived at 9.20pm. We had very nice seats and even got given a little hamper consiting of general russ... Continue reading »
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Seperate beds and sickness!!
Saturday 2nd August. We finally left Yekaterinburg...glad to see the back of the place!! And on to the train....Robin on one end, Beth on the other... Continue reading »
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Siberian summer sun (or lack of!!)
Robin and Beth went on thir merry way to the bus staion, to get to Olkhon island. Firstly Robin turned the alarm off and went back to bed, so they wok... Continue reading » -
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A Mongolian Birthday
Robin an Beth set off from Irkutsk in eastern siberia by train to the mongolian capital of Ulaan baatar. We had a whole four berth cabin to ourselv... Continue reading »
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Gobi desert tour starts...
We got back from our day tour to arrange another to the Gobi desert and beyond. We met up with a scottish couple an Israeli guy and a Japanese guy... Continue reading »
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Sand storm Ahoy!
16.08: Today they droved to more spectacular cliffs, called the white Stupor. There were amazing rock formations, Robin and Beth thought it looked... Continue reading »
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Sand Dunes and Camel Milking
Today they drove all the way to the southern Gobi, arriving to their Ger camp in the evening.
They relaxed after having a sho... Continue reading »
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Poo Galore!!
This morning we awoke from another night camping surrounded by a variety of different poos (consisting of yak, cow, goat, horse and sheep). Having thr... Continue reading » -
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Relaxing in 'UB'
Henceforth from their trip Robin and Beth decided to spend the rest of their time in Mongolia in Ulaan bataar, which meant they didn't get up to much.... Continue reading » -
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Duck Brains in Beijing!!!
Due to our appaling upkeep of the blog here is a brief overview so as to keep you updated.
On our first night we wentout to town and to the f... Continue reading »
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Giant Pandas, Giant Warriors an Giant Squits!!
Arrived in Xian...we very nearly didnt make it, as wewere going to get a tai to the wrong train station, but at the last minute when we were saying... Continue reading »
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Apologies for lack of blog!
Firstly we must apologize for our lack of blog entries! We thought we would update it now. our camera memory card has given up, so we couldn't upload... Continue reading »
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