Moscow

We finally make it into Russia….

Interlude in the Seychelles

Following a pretty hectic 5 months on the road, we thought we needed a bit of a mini-holiday, so took ourselves off to the Seychelle Islands for a week…. 

Time at Phuktal Monastery

We finally make it to Phuktal Monastery after some rough travels and enjoyed some ‘quality time’ with the resident family of monks…

Into the Zanskar Valley

Back in India, we ventured from the popular tourist sights of Leh to the remote Zanskar Valley in less than ideal circumstances….

Central Asian Soviet mosaics

In our time in Central Asia we’ve come across many fine examples of Soviet era mosaics, with some truly wonderful designs and styling. Here are a few of our favourite examples.

Karaganda and Temirtau

Far from the sanitised tourism of Turkestan, we visited the industrial heartland of Kazakhstan and the site of the largest gulag complex in the old Soviet Union. Cheery stuff indeed…..