My journey to Beijing started in Seoul, where I boarded the subway for Incheon. Unlike to journey to Seoul, the journey away from it could be done entirely underground. Once I had got to Incheon, I walked around for a bit to figure out where I was and finally found the ferry terminal. Things were […]

I spent a marvellous few days in Seoul, courtesy of Luc, who I know from university. The journey started in Vladivostok, where the ferry I was on was delayed for 8 hours, due to high wind. This was translated as “big wind” by the Koreans I was sharing my compartment with. When I arrived, one […]

My trip to Vladivostok was enjoyable, but brief. It began in Khabarovsk, where I boarded the train and was joined by a very Dutch-looking Russian. If anyone’s seen the Austin Powers film, Goldmember, he was a bit like that. Unfortunately, as had been the case the further East I went in Russia, he spoke the […]

Things I have noticed about Russia over the last few weeks: There is a tendency to sell out-of-date goods in supermarkets Steps are generally of different heights, with no step where you’d expect one and other steps where you would not expect other steps to be There is a tendency to swap hot and cold […]