Time romping on

So many things have happened since I got back. Apart from absolutely everyone asking me how it went (it was brilliant!), I had some other very surprising things happen too.
Number one, I’ve gained a rabbit. I didn’t mean to do this. On the afternoon I got back, Mum and I were driving back from the [...]

Time flying!

Gosh, it’s hard to believe I have been back almost two weeks already!
The trip seems ages ago now, but everyone keeps asking me how it went and people that I didn’t catch up with before the trip have come forward with donations anyway, which is really incredible.
I’ve heard from Nikki – unfortunately her back is still [...]

Back in Blighty (Britain!)

Gosh, what a culture shock!
I arrived back in England very late on Friday night, stayed overnight at Heathrow and then got back to the Isle Of Wight on Saturday afternoon.
Hugh picked me up as arranged and took me home and I opened the door to find the house absolutely spotless. My mess of a desk [...]

Magnificent Moscow!

Moscow is an amazing city. It’s very cosmopolitan and people love to help you – indeed, many people even speak English, so Nikki and I have managed to get by on just a few words of Russian.
Yesterday, we went through the metro (underground) to the city centre and were amazed to discover there are no zones in [...]

Stunning Siberia!

I know I raved about Mongolia, but Siberia was equally amazing. I know when people think of Siberia, they probably think of snow, gulags and Dr Zhivago. But at this time of year the landscape looks more like Canada in the fall – blue skies, green pines, the golden and red leaves of silver birches [...]

Ulaanbaatar

Today, Nikki and I have had a free day to explore Ulaanbaatar (known affectionately as UB).
The traffic is completely mad – pedestrians have to give way to cars, even if the light on the pedestrian crossing is green – indeed most people have given up and run across on red no matter what!
We had been [...]