24 Sep
Since I shall sadly be departing this country soon (hopefully not for good), I thought I would continue my theme of things I find baffling about Russians. But in a side note – it snowed last night – and the snowline is reportedly only 100km north of us right now, so winter is fast bearing [...]
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21 Sep
Sex is both a BIG thing and a non thing to Russians. Or so I am fast reaching the conclusion. As previously mentioned, I live in a tiny microcosm when it comes to sampling Russian life, but one thing is for sure, it doesn’t matter what they are young or old, sex is very prevalent!
It’s [...]
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17 Sep
WHAT WAS SHE THINKING????!!!!
Such was the thought passing through my mind as I felt like Goldilocks and three bears, walking into my tent and seeing someone sleeping in there. I immediately walked out thinking I was in the wrong tent – there was no one else in my tent at this time! But, I quickly [...]
Posted in AAA Rants, AAA Social Comment, AAA Travel Perils, Russia by: Travelblips
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16 Sep
Yesterday, I was asked to compile some photos I had taken of my travels over the last year. I was surprised to see how little green there was in the pictures! It really rammed home that this has been my year in the polar extremes! But, thats not to say I didn’t get some great [...]
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10 Sep
I was away for just over 3 weeks. In that time, Russia was attacked by many fronts by Chechan terrorism and I saw retreating glaciers in Anchorage and frozen ocean at the North Pole. But eventually reality intrudes and its back to the real world – in my case, a return to remote eastern Russia!
At [...]
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