Singapore July 2012
Wednesday, its 2 days before we embark on our journey that will take us through 4 countries over the next month. Times have been stressed of late. Our son has moved out after a huge quarrel and is now moving […]
Wednesday, its 2 days before we embark on our journey that will take us through 4 countries over the next month. Times have been stressed of late. Our son has moved out after a huge quarrel and is now moving […]
Finally we arrived in Moscow. Since we have a connecting flight from here to Elena’s home city of Chelyabinsk we thought we would spend a few hours on the Historic Red Square in the heart of Moscow. As our flight from Berlin landed at 3am […]
I know this guy in Russia. We call him Uncle; the younger brother of my wife’s grandmother by 14 years. An amazing guy whose life story is interesting. I want to share a little glimpse into what happened to him […]
After returning home to the comfort of my hotel I rested and got organised for a night out with my newly made friends from Kenneys Aussie Bar Riding over the hill in the dark takes some doing and with my […]
I came through a cliche type of divorce in 1994, you know the type where you think you win but financially & emotionally you loose. I thought that by working hard I might be able to “get on top” again. I found […]
People ask how we met. So here’s a little about us. Back in the Early 90s Russia was falling apart. the break up of the soviet union left millions of people out of work and bought the country to its […]
Elena’s take on fitness to travel. It’s all started with Wayne’s employer rolling out “fit for life” motto which pretty much meant that employees need to look after their health (and mostly their backs being in the heavy lifting job). […]
No matter where you are in the world plane trips are boring after the first few hours. armed with my blanket and trying to make the most out of sleeping in an upright position I settled in the the 12 […]
And we all thought the national drink of Russian people was vodka! Not so according to many local Russians who have been drinking this product for years. Kvass is a fermented beverage made from black or regular rye bread. The colour of the bread used contributes to […]
My Sister in Law, Jane had organized perfectly, a days rest in between our rafting on the Ay River and the lake visit we needed and after the events that unfolded getting our lost bags back yesterday, we needed a […]