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Central Vladivostok

One last look down the track

The final platform

Kabarovsk from the bus

Empty Wilderness

Detached property

A prison and army camp in the middle of nowhere

Cashpoint

central market Ulan Ude

Monk on a mobile

Breakfast of dumplings and yak milk............. an acquired taste

the horse head fiddle

traditional dance

the most uncomfortable half hour of the trip

A boy and his camel

Harvesting Cashmere

Early Morning

Spirits in the wind

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Ice forms on the lens

Anya trying to cpature the perfect photo

Typical wooden exterior

Snowhenge

Interior of cottage

The locals in action

Frozen in time

Front row seat

Omul ready for smoking

Walking on water, well the closest I'll ever get

Mother and Daughter butchers at Irkutsk Market......You just wouldn't ask if the beef was beef and the horse was horse

Dad out with the bairn

Monument to the Builders of the Trans-Siberian Railway, Irkutsk

The Caviar Queen, Irkutsk

The 4* pump.........wot no Tesco

The vast array of drinks to purchase for the train journey

Locals playing poker on street machines in Irkutsk

Detail from the station Mosaic at Krasnoyarsk

Detail from the station Mosaic at Krasnoyarsk

Goods for sale Novosibirsk

Roll on the summer

Soup in the Park

Furless cats in heated cage

Felt socks for sale

Frozen fish at the market

Spot the abacus

The local constabulary in Novosibirsk

The three graces

I wish I had a pund for every statue of Lenin

On route to Mongolia through Novosibirsk

Suspicion in Omsk

Our friendly Priest in Omsk

Traiditional Siberian House

Alina our Provodnitsa (carriage attendant) to Omsk

Ready for the last run

"warm up a friend for 500 rubles"

the local freezer boot sale

the view of the industrial section from the station bridge

yes that is the climbing frame in the park in Ekateriburg

not quite Nike

Toilet instructions

The infamous Russian Toilet Paper

Beanz meanz Heniski

Market goodies in Ekaerinburg

Russian Technical Assistance

Gong round the bend in Russia

Anyone for ice cream?

Perm railway station

Ancient and modern in Perm

the morning after the night before perhaps?

hardware parked randomly on the streets of Perm

Plaque on the side of the former house of Maxim Gorky, now a museum in Niznhy Novgorod

Typical 2nd class cabin on trans siberian

Google the Kremlin

The Bolshoi

Whitening the memory

Big Brother

Snowman protest by students

Kremlin and St Basils

Opposite panel

side relief of the Cosmonaut museum

Lubyanka, the former KGB headquarters

Typical panel in the Moscow metro - its a really a network of art galleries

Inside the Metro Station.......drop litter at your peril!

Moscow Metro Station Entrance

A walk in the park

The WInter Palace

Heroic defenders of Leningrad

drawing up battle plans in the hermitage

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Church of the Spilled Blood

Mosque detail

Gate detail

The Amber Room

Interior detail

The Hermitage

A typical gallery in Uzupis

The angel of Uzupis

The Hill of 3 Crosses

Our lady of Acut Vilnius Cathedral

The Grim Reaper in Vilnius Cathedral....no pope jokes

Sudden snow fall

Sunset in Vilnius

Carved wooden angel

Tv Tower and memorials

The sign for an opticians

Tempting but saving my pennies for a Ushanka

Tick tock

Padded cell

The interior of a cell

KGB Prison Vilnius

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Talia shows how it should be done

MacCavity the cat igloo

Warsaw uprising monument

Castle Square Warsaw

Cologne Cathedral

chocolate........will it make it to Siberia?

Brussels town hall

Posh underwater train

Kings Cross