Russia: Where Beards & Mail Order Brides Come From, Natch
“We are not Asia. We are not western Europe. We are just Russia. Why do we have to be like this or like that? We are just Russians. We have our own civilization, our own alphabet, our own language, everything our own.” -Victor Bodarenko, Publisher (Art of Russia, Andrew Graham-Dixon) What to write about Russia [...]
The Path of Blood – Trans-Mongolian Express
[photoshelter-gallery g_id='G0000Y8YH.rj5LLs' g_name='Trans-Mongolian-Express' width='600' f_fullscreen='t' bgtrans='t' pho_credit='iptc' twoup='f' f_bbar='t' f_bbarbig='f' fsvis='f' f_show_caption='t' crop='f' f_enable_embed_btn='t' f_htmllinks='t' f_l='t' f_send_to_friend_btn='f' f_show_slidenum='t' f_topbar='f' f_show_watermark='t' img_title='casc' linkdest='c' trans='xfade' target='_self' tbs='5000' f_link='t' f_smooth='f' f_mtrx='t' f_ap='t' f_up='f' height='400' btype='old' bcolor='#CCCCCC' ] Leaving Beijing on the Trans-Mongolian train (actually called Train 3 or 5 in Mongolia & Rossiya in Russia, Trans-Mongolian is the [...]