The first thing I noticed when I got off the train in West Kowloon Station late at night was a […]
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Public Health Reflections: Parks and Green Space
Throughout my trip across Russia, I was struck by the quality of the parks and green spaces in the large […]
Night 24: The train to Ulaanbaatar and some territory takeover
I sauntered into the station at 3.15pm prepared to board the 3.47pm to Ulaanbaatar and I was a little surprised […]
Day 24: Shrek and some Buryatian History
Apparently, as well as Manchester United, I owe Shrek a debt of gratitude. Everybody has now heard the name ‘Fiona’ […]
Around the World in 80 Cakes: The Russian Round Up
At almost the end of the first month, some of you may be calculating the likelihood of my having 80 […]
Day 22: The last city in Siberia
At the unearthly, ungodly and downright unreasonable time of 5.22am, the train pulled into Ulan-Ude. It had been a comfortable […]
Day 18: 48 Hours on a train (Part 2)
Is there anything worse than your alarm clock going off unexpectedly in a compartment with other people? I scrambled to […]
Day 17: 48 Hours on a train (Part 1)
Is the four year old boy in the next compartment running on Moscow time? At around midnight this seemed a […]
Day 13: 24hours on the Trans Siberian Express
This is where I feel like I’ve actually been on the Trans Siberian Express, properly – around 24hours, I think […]
Days 11 and 12: Baby steps on the Trans Siberian Express to Vladimir
Time to leave Moscow and it was on to the Trans Siberian Express for… a whole two hours. After smashing, […]
The Adventures of Phileas Fiona 
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