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Russia Winter Tour 2014 (1/10) – our trip to Russia

I’m back from Russia! I just spent 25 amazing days in the cold Russian winter. Coming from a temperate climate (both back home and here in Sydney) it was quite a shock to me, but a very interesting...

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Russia Winter Tour 2014 (2/10) – St Petersburg

The first thing I saw at the St Petersburg airport was, ironically, a panel advertising Machu Picchu. Nastia was already waiting for us. Jeff got some money out of the ATM (the airport bank was closed)...

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Russia Winter Tour 2014 (3/10) – Moscow

In Moscow we stayed with our friend Natasha. We met her when she was visiting Australia a few years ago. After she showed us her beautiful apartment and where we were sleeping she prepared brunch for...

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Russia Winter Tour 2014 (4/10) – Samara

22 Jan 2014 My breakfast on the train to Samara was a banana with walnut butter and coffee. Banana, walnut butter and coffee View from the train We had to wait outside the train station for the bus to...

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Russia Winter Tour 2014 (5/10) – Omsk

25 Jan 2014 In Omsk we (the bliss group, or budget version of the tour) were driven to a sports hall (big gymnasium) that amazingly had no showers. We set up our sleeping mats and bags, had some smoked...

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Russia Winter Tour 2014 (6/10) – Tomsk

27 Jan 2014 My breakfast that day was coffee. By then I had figured that with all the late night eating and drinking I didn’t really need to get more food into my system first thing in the morning. Our...

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Russia Winter Tour 2014 (7/10) – Ulan Ude

30 Jan 2014 My breakfast on the train was a banana with macadamia butter and green tea. For lunch we made a salad with capsicum, cucumber, carrot, chilli olive oil, balsamic vinegar and pink salt that...

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Russia Winter Tour 2014 (8/10) – Ulan Ude to Vladivostok

Rested, clean and fed, and with bags full of supplies, we were ready for the big 3-day train trip to Vladivostok. By then we already knew the drill of looking for our names (written in cyrillic) in the...

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Russia Winter Tour 2014 (9/10) – Vladivostok

The check-in in the hotel was a bit chaotic but we finally got a 5 bedder with a bathroom. After all of us were showered and perfumed we could satisfy our next most urgent need: food. Being so close to...

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Russia Winter Tour 2014 (10/10) – return to Sydney

Last day of the Winter Tour. As much as I missed the Australian summer and fresh vegetables, a part of me didn’t want to leave Russia. There were just too many places we hadn’t seen and the warm...

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Holidays in Perú (June 29 2015)

We’re back home, this time together for the first time. It’s been three years since I last visited (two for Alvaro). I normally found airplane food okay, and was always able to eat most of it, even...

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Holidays in Perú (June 30 2015)

On our first day in Lima we went out with mum to do some shopping. I always buy clothes when I go back home because quality is great, and try to do the bulk of the shopping at the beginning of the...

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Holidays in Perú (July 1 2015)

Lima received us with unexpected warm weather. Luckily, we had packed enough t-shirts and enjoyed the sun on our skins as we spent some time by the sea in Miraflores with our friend Julio. We had lunch...

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Holidays in Perú (July 2 2015)

This trip we haven’t had any issues with jetlag but with too little time to sleep. It’s the first time we’re visiting together, meaning more people to visit. In addition, traffic in Lima is more...

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Holidays in Perú (July 3 2015)

On the 3rd we woke up early to go to Ollantaytambo. Breakfast was included and we had asked if we could get a gluten-free one. Fortunately for us we were advised they couldn’t get gluten-free crackers...

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Holidays in Perú (July 4 2015)

The most important day of the trip, the day Alvaro was going to see Machu Picchu for the first time, finally arrived. And it was raining. We took a taxi to the train station in Ollantaytambo hoping the...

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Holidays in Perú (July 5 2015)

We had a few more hours in Cusco before returning to Lima and a few more museums included in our tour voucher that we hadn’t visited. We stopped on our way as soon as we saw a lady on the street with a...

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Holidays in Perú (July 10 2015)

Our second domestic trip was to Cajamarca to visit Alvaro’s uncle, who works there. My mother-in-law made us pork chicharrón and yuca (cassava) for breakfast that morning. Chicharrón con yuca Alvaro’s...

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Holidays in Perú (July 12 2015)

On Sunday some of us had chancho rostizado (roasted pork) and coffee for breakfast. Alvaro was sick as a dog in bed, and his aunty was not very well either. Chancho rostizado Alvaro’s uncle works in a...

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Holidays in Perú (July 13 2015)

Our days in Cajamarca went by very quickly. On our last day, Alvaro was still a bit sick but I managed to get him out of bed. After some chicken soup for breakfast, we walked to a hill that has a great...

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