5 February 2014 – Jaipur, India
Riding in the rickshaw – our most frequently used method of transport in India – to the train station.
Riding in the rickshaw – our most frequently used method of transport in India – to the train station.
Stuck at the border crossing at Naushki, Russia for 5 hours. Talked to the customs officer, made a new friend, Chema from Spain, and helped out a nice Japanese gentlemen – Shinya Watanabe(shinyawatanabe.net)
A visit to the Istanbul Archeology Museum is a must – fascinating artifacts dating back 5-6 thousand (!!) years ago, uncovered as recently as a few years ago when the city began construction of Marmaray rail link under the Bosphorous.
We take a walk through a maze of o-torri gates at the Fushimi Inari shrine in Tokyo. It is a shinto shrine dedicated ot the gods of rice and sake.
On our third day in Moscow, we visit the Elokhovsky Cathedral — one of the oldest in Moscow, and at one point (during Soviet times) served as the main or patriarchal Cathedral of Russia. A very spiritual 4 o’clock to you.
Having a relaxing beer at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China