For the first time in my life I am in Asia. It doesn`t really feel very "Asian" yet; it could have been Norway for all I know with birch and pine trees. Tomorrow we are entering Kazakhstan, hopefully without any problems. Siberia has until now been a two sided experience - less road checks (the other day the police stopped us 6 times), but this morning our cooking equipment was gone from outside the bus; parking far away from people doesn`t mean that things won't get stolen. An hour later we were invited for tea - which actually meant lunch and a lot of vodka - by two men (ex-officers in the russian army) living close to where we parked the bus. What I had already read about vodka terrorism and hospitality are both true: it is both incredible and we all had to drink at least 8 shots of vodka (except the drivers of course).
From Russia with love-
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