- coming down with a sinus infection and accompanying fever the day of boarding
- having a bunk above a chatty elderly russian couple who are hard of hearing
- having no conversations beyond charades due to the language barrier
- the list goes on
All things considered however, Russia has been a great experience. It is a place of many peculiarities. The tomb of Lenin now faces a high end shopping mall only accessible to Moscow's upper set. The elder man in the bunk below me wore a Columbia sportswear hat, with a USSR emblem proudly pinned on it. It's also a place of seemingly cold people. Unwarranted smiling is strange if not offensive. This coldness can quickly crumble however revealing some of the most generous, amiable people I've met on my trip.
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| Soldier in Moscow Metro |
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| Provodnitsa (carriage attendant) |
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| Women selling goods at stops on the platform |
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| Crossing the Yenisei River |
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| Late night stop in Siberia |
Off to Lake Baikal for the next few days for the last leg of the trip to Ulaanbaatar. Fortunately Im feeling better and the three days of forced rest may have been best in the end.
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