Trans-Siberian Railway (Part 5: Life on the Rails)
A few observations on our Russian railway journey…..
Trans-Siberian Railway (Part 4: Ulan-Ude to Vladivostok)
Our Trans-Siberian journey ends….
Trans-Siberian Railway (Part 3: Lake Baikal & Olkhon Island)
Off the railway for a few days exploring the wonderful Lake Baikal…
Trans-Siberian Railway (Part 2: Yekaterinburg to Krasnoyarsk)
Our journey takes us through to the centre of Russia…
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….
Trekking and mountain-biking in Ladakh
We had two mini adventures to close our time in Ladakh…..
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.