Friday 21st July 2017 – Around Okhlon Island I woke up at the bungalow hostel, and had some of my left-over bread and nuts. I went to the kitchen to make a tea and a family of mum Svieta, daughter Maria-Martcha and dad Vladimir invited me to join their breakfast table and offered to me … More Olkhon Island & Lake Baikal legends
Thursday 20th July 2017 – From Irkutsk to Khuzhir I woke up around 8.30am, got the backpack ready and made some breakfast from some left-over good bread from the day before and honey and peaches. Then I went downstairs to wait for the mini-bus going to Khuzhir to pick me up and chatted with Nastia … More From Irkutsk to Khuzhir
Wednesday 19th July 2017 Irkutsk Here is a map of Russia to start with, where we can see Irkutsk ‘oblast’, this means region, where we were. I started the day by giving my laundry to wash. Then I walked towards Central Market and bumped into this advert for fur coats. Sounds definitely Russian to me! … More Irkutsk Day 2
Tuesday 18th July 2017 Irkutsk I woke up quite late and spent some time in the morning on gmail and What’s App and Hangout communicating with various people. It is amazing how addicted we can get to Google. 2 days in China without Google were enough! Saying that, I heard later that in China you … More Irkutsk Day 1
Sunday 16th July 2017 – Sydney to Shanghai I boarded the 10.20am flight in Sydney which got to Shanghai 10 hours later. Here is a map of the flight journey: The entire journey was pretty smooth. It was great to go above the beautiful North-East coastline of Australia and see the sunset from the plane. … More From Sydney to Shanghai to Irkutsk
Monday 20th March 2017 We woke at the campground of Nimmitabel. There was a bit of fog in the morning and the sky was just white. We found some wild blackberries and washed some and added them into our brekky cereal bowls but they didn’t taste that good actually. A bed and breakfast building in … More Hiking Kosciuszko – Day 3
Sunday 19th March 2017 We woke up and watched the sunrise around 6am. And then slept again…!! And woke up around 8am with the beautiful blue sky still there! We had brekky and enjoyed the silence surrounding us with the entire place to ourselves. What’s the best camping location on Earth if not the one … More Hiking Kosciuszko – Day 2
Friday 17th March 2017 We rented a car from Redspot at Sydney Domestic Airport and drove to Canberra from 7.30pm to 10.30pm. We ate some wraps we made in the car on the way using a spork and the swiss knife. Wrap recipe for an easy and quick road-trip meal: The wrap bread itself, some kiri … More Hiking Kosciuszko – Day 1
Friday 13th January 2017 At the airport, I had some dinner first as I was early then queued to register my luggage. The main open question was: Will I have to pay an airport terminal fee or is that included in the ticket? There used to be a tax of about 750 pesos. It was impossible … More From Manila back to Sydney
Friday 13th January 2017 I woke up with a view over the crazy pollution of Manila. To the right. I walked from Pearl of the Orient to Fort Santiago to go see this old Spanish fortress located in the Intramuros area, the oldest district and historic core of Manila. On my way to Fort Santiago, … More Manila
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