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  Monday, September 22, 2008 – Wednesday, September 24, 2008   Moscow take 2   We braved the Russian roads one last time as we dropped our rented car back at the airport. We then headed back to the hostel we had … Continue reading →

Saturday, September 6, 2008   The whole of saturday was spent on trains. Enough said…   Sunday, September 7, 2008  – Monday, September 8, 2008   We arrived in Tyumen, Russia early on sunday morning where we took a bus … Continue reading →

Sunday, August 24, 2008 – Tuesday, August 26, 2008   Irkutsk, Russia   Warninng : We didn’t do much in Irkutsk second time around so this bit might be more boring than usual!   We left Olkhon island and arrived … Continue reading →

Saturday, August 9, 2008- Sunday, August 10, 2008 Ulaan Baator We decided to stay on in mongolia for a couple of extra days to do some sight seeing in Ulaan Baator.  On saturday morning we took advantage of the comfortable … Continue reading →

Saturday, July 26, 2008 – Sunday, July 27, 2008 We left Ulan Ude early on saturday morning to catch the bus to Ulaan Baator, mongolia. The border crossing was relatively painless, lasting less than two hours (in the rain), and … Continue reading →

  Friday, July 11, 2008 – Saturday, July 12, 2008 The ferry from japan to russia We woke up on friday to do some last minute sightseeing of takaoka, Japan by visting the giant buddha statue near our accomodation. We … Continue reading →

  My travels continue….   After resting for the month of June in Ireland I was ready to hit the road again. This time  I have Grainne as a travelling companion. We plan starting our trip in Japan, crossing over … Continue reading →

This is the route taken during my south american trip in early 2008 I leave for Japan on July 1st 

  Saturday, May 17, 2008 – Monday, May 19, 2008   I took an early morning flight from La Paz, Bolivia to Quito, Ecuador on Saturday morning. Luck wasn’t with me however as I managed to lose my wallet somewhere between … Continue reading →