Still Alive
Hey everyone, sorry about how long its been since I wrote last… but well, I was in Siberia you know. 
I have a bunch of stuff to write about, and I doubt I’ll be able to get it all in right now here in Vladivostok. I’ll try to write what I can, but the Internet is quite a bit expensive here and we have some things to do before we leave Russia.
Since I last wrote we entered Siberia, rode across it on a train, stopped at Lake Baikal the deepest freshwater lake in the world, got back on the train, and rode it across to Vladivostok (outside of Siberia technically).
The trip so far has been full of excitement including (but not limited to):
- being exactly 12 hours ahead of Eastern US time and therefore being literally on the other side of the world
- Seeing one of the most beautiful and amazing sights (a giant frozen lake surrounded by mountains) just after dealing with all of the other dirty Russian cities.
- Putting my feet through 2 feet of ice into the frozen lake… for good luck.
- Almost getting thrown off the train because I happened to take a little too much Russian Vodka a little too quickly. And being saved from it because we were drinking with a former police officer and an Army Colonel.
- And Arriving in Vladivostok… successfully having ridden the trans-siberian railway.
Andy was hoping to get a ferry from Vladivostok to Japan (his next destination) but unfortunately they seem to have no ferries for the month of April. So now we are on a quest to get Andy out of Russia before his visa expires. It looks like he’ll be flying to Seoul and then desperately trying to get a flight to Japan.
After all that is settled and I have gotten a good night’s sleep on a bed that doesn’t bounce and rattle and jolt at every turn, I’ll try to write up a more proper day-by-day account of what we did.
April 17th, 2005 at 10:14 am
I kept wanting to find out how your trip was going but I didn’t want to call because I know how expensive it is. It took me this damn long to remember you had your blog going. I think this semester has friend my brain. Anyway, I’m glad to see your trip is going well! Hope the rest of it is even better!
April 17th, 2005 at 10:15 am
ummm… fried, not friend…
April 21st, 2005 at 7:26 pm
i friend dave maino’s brain. do you have an easier time sleeping and waking up on the other side of the world?
August 8th, 2011 at 2:40 pm
I seachred a bunch of sites and this was the best.