In the olden days, people used to collect Match-Box covers and Stamps ... Well, in the New Age, both matches and letters are fast disappearing. I forgot the last time I visited a Post Office 🙂 I am attempting to collect currencies (both notes and coins) from every country I visit. A currency like Euro …
I have a dream ... I would like to travel and visit every single country in the World. The problem is that day by day the World is becoming a very dangerous place. Look at this list of countries (For E.g.), not in any particular order: Venezuela Columbia Honduras Iraq Syria Central African Republic Nigeria …
The itinerary was as given below: June 26: Beijing June 27 June 28 June 29: Beijing to Ulaanbaatar (Train) June 30: Ulaanbaatar July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4: Ulaanbaatar to Irkutsk (Train) July 5 July 6: Irkutsk July 7 July 8 July 9: Irkutsk to Moscow (Train) July 10 July 11 July 12: …
Continue reading Trans-Mongolian/Trans-Siberian Trip … [China, Mongolia, Russia]
"The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed" ... Nah, I will stick with the common and well-known name: "Saint Basil's Cathedral" ... 🙂 St. Basil's Cathedral, in my opinion, dominates the Red Square. It is also probably the most easily recognized landmark in Russia. On a sunny day, the various colours will just blind you ... …
Continue reading The colourful Saint Basil’s Cathedral … Moscow. [Russia]
As one can imagine, the Trans-Mongolian trip (Beijing, Ulaanbaatar, Irkutsk, Listvyanka, Moscow) is not an easy trip to plan and execute. After taking care of all the logistics, one by one, the last remaining hurdle was the Russia Tourist VISA. I have been to Russia before with a single-entry VISA and was having the expectation …
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