A HOLIDAY WITHIN A HOLIDAY AT OLKHON ISLAND There are two ways to get to Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal: quickly or safely. We got there quickly. After one night in Irkutsk we boarded a microbus...
CHINA TO RUSSIA: PLANNING THE TRANS-MONGOLIAN While planning the first few months of our world trip, we knew we wanted to go to China and Russia. Instead of flying country to country, we...
OUR ROUND THE WORLD ROUTE We carefully planned our route before leaving home in the United States in May 2014. Things we considered included the travel costs of going...