My travelling adventures...

2006/2/5

my photos...

@ 07:53 PM (29 months, 29 days ago)

well I've got most of my photos from Russia in an album already (still waiting on the rest of the film with some of St Pete on it to be finished) (and still haven't gotten the Rome photos developed yet)... and I had good intentions of only putting a couple of piccies up, but like my packing I just can't help myself (particularly of my fav spots), but I am sure to get better with practice!!!

So here are some...

Beijing
The Great Wall
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Forbidden city and Tiananmen Square
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Mongolia
Gobi desert
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/5242/gobidesert3sw.jpg

Ger camp... the horse ride (Justin, Pauline, Celia, me & Wendy) and my horse (check out his snot icicle!)
http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/1584/gercamp3wz.jpg  http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4558/thehorseridegrp3of.jpg http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7580/mongolianhorseride8hq.jpg http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6660/horse6xe.jpg

Gandan monestery (which has the biggest standing budda in central and east Asia)
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Train
our compartment (ice on the window + food stash), the dining cart, window at border town crossing and temperature at one of the stops (not the coldest)
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Suzdal
snowman and I in front of 15thC church... see-sawing with Wendy... Convent of Intercession...
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/128/suzdalwith15thcchurch0im.jpg http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/6450/seesawinginsuzdal7hk.jpg http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/1186/suzdalconventofintercession15l.jpg
this one is for you Jos - snowman that Pauline and I built with the snowman kit (with the help of some ready made snowballs)

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/5323/suzdalsnowman4ec.jpg

Irkutsk ice slide (yep I went down!)
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/2889/irkutskslide7ao.jpg

Moscow
St Basil's and snowmen on Arbat St
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St Petersburg
Hermitage (Winter Palace) and inside... and our 'last supper'...
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