Europe and Trans Siberian Railway – 2018

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    Italy – Lungo Lario Trieste

     
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    Ferry on Lake Como

     

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    Italy – Above Como Funicular

     
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    Lake Como from the Funicular

     

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    Como Cathederal

     

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    Como Cathederal

     

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    Italy – Como Cathedral

     
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    Como Cathederal

     

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    Italy – Lake Como

     
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    Ferry on Lake Como

     

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    Italy – Cipressi Botanical Gardens Varenna

     
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    Judy at Villa Monasterio Gardens

     

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    Italy – Villa Monasterio Gardens

     
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    Lake Como from Varenna

     

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    Interior Villa Monasterio

     

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    Villa Monasterio Gardens

     

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    Italy – Lake Como

     
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    Star Wars & Casino Royale film set

     

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    Italy – Como Archaeological -Storico Giuseppe Garibaldi museums

     
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    Ceiling detail

     

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    Beautiful figures

     

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    Beautiful figures

     

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    Italy – Lake Como

     
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    WW1 Memorial

     

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    Volta museum – Gave his name to Volts

     

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    Walkway to Funicular

     

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    Italy – Como Funicular

     
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    Como Cathederal from the Funicluar

     

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    Italy – Varenna

     
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    Greenway walk Varenna

     

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    Italy – Villa Monasterio Gardens

     
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    Villa Monasterio Gardens – Varenna

     

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    Italy – Cipressi Botanical Gardens Varenna

     
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    Agave plant

     

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    Switzerland – Monte Generoso

     
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    Wild Flower (Thistle?)

     

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    Monte Generoso Cog railway & Services building

     

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    Judy on Monte Generoso

     

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    Thistle

     

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    Lake Lugarno

     

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    Technical description – White flower with yellow bits

     

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    The cog-wheel train to Monte Generoso

     

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    England – Henley Picnic with Peter and Gwen

     
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    The river at Henley on Thames

     

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    The river at Henley on Thames

     

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    The river at Henley on Thames

     

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    England – Brixham harbour with Trevor

     
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    My brother, Trevor in front of the relica of the GoldenHind, an English privateering galleon circumnavigated of the globe between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake.

     

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    Brixham Devon, the harbour

     

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    England – Fruit picking at Grays farm

     
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    Barry picking fruit

     

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    Jeremy picking fruit

     

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    The fruits of our labours

     

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    England – Trip to Kew Gardens

     
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    Kew Gardens

     

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    Kew Gardens

     

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    Kew Gardens

     

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    Kew Gardens

     

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    Kew Gardens

     

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    Kew Gardens

     

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    Kew Gardens

     

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    Kew Gardens

     

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    Kew Gardens

     

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    Lisbon – Jeronimos Monastery

     
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    Judy outside Jer�nimos Monastery

     

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    Lisbon – Escher exhibition

     
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    Escher drawing

     

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    Escher drawing

     

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    Escher drawing

     

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    Lisbon – Vasco da Gama Tower

     
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    Head of Vasco da Gama

     

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    Lisbon – Jeronimos Monastery

     
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    Jer�nimos Monastery

     

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    Lisbon – Antonio Medeiros e Almeida House museum

     
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    Ant�nio Medeiros e Almeida House museum

     

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    Peacock

     

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    Lisbon – Estufa Fria Botanical Gardens

     
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    Water Lily(?)

     

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    Lisbon – Museum Gulbenkan

     
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    Chinese Figures

     

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    Silver Fish

     

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    Lisbon – San Pedro de Alcantara park

     
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    Lisbon Tram

     

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    Lisbon – Around Funicular

     
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    Lisbon Funicular

     

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    Lisbon street near Rossio station

     

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    Sintra Portugal – Palace of Pena

     
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    Cork tree

     

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    Palace of Pena

     

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    Palace of Pena

     

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    Sintra Portugal – Palace of Monserrate

     
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    Palace of Monserrate

     

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    Sintra Portugal – Palace of Pena

     
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    Palace of Pena

     

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    Morrish castle from Palace of Pena

     

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    Restoration of the floor tiles

     

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    Jeremy, Shirley and Judy

     

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    Palace of Pena – Valley of the lakes

     

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    Palace of Pena – Valley of the lakes

     

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    Palace of Pena – Valley of the lakes

     

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    Sintra Portugal – Moorish Castle

     
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    Palace of Sintra from Moorish Castle

     

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    Moorish Castle walls

     

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    Ulan Ude – Railway Station

     
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    The Trans Siberian at Ulan Ude

     

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    Singapore – Asian Civilisations Museum

     
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    Summer Palace Art – the fountains at Peterhof in St. Petersburg

     

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    Home again, naturally

     

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    Saint Petersburg – PeterHof

     
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    The entry to PeterHof (Peter’s Yard) – Peter the Great’s palace

     

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    Real gold used on the fountain

     

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    Peter the Great and his throne

     

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    Set for Dinner

     

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    Tea time

     

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    That is

     

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    Another Satin wall covering

     

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    Real gold was used on the statues in the fountain. The canal links to the Gulf of Finland.All of the fountains operate without the use of pumps. Water is supplied from natural springs and collects in reservoirs in the Upper Gardens.

     

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    Another fountain view

     

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    The fountains

     

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    The Samson fountain

     

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    Judy and Olga

     

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    Peterhof gardens

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Hermitage museum

     
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    Waiting for a photo oppertunity for money

     

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    Entry staircase to Hermitage palace (museum)

     

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    Chandelier

     

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    Count Grigoriy Aleksandrovich Potyomkin-Tavricheskiy was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favourite of Catherine the Great.

     

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    Beautifiul alcove

     

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    Parquet floor

     

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    Parquet floor

     

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    Palace Interior

     

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    I love these floors!

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Church on Spilt Blood

     
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    Street entertainer

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Towards Nevsky Prospect

     
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    Street stalls

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Smolny Cathedral

     
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    Golden Icons

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Peter the Great

     
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    Peter the Great (on the left)

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Peter and Paul Cathedral

     
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    Roof of Peter and Paul Cathedral

     

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    Saint Petersburg – St Isaacs Cathedral

     
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    The Roof

     

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    The Roof

     

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    More beautiful gold

     

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    Still St Issacs

     

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    More St Issacs

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Faberge museum

     
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    Faberge Egg

     

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    Golden Cup and tray

     

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    Faberge box

     

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    Faberge boxes

     

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    Bowl and punch goblets

     

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    Another box

     

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    Golden set of ?

     

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    Faberge Clock

     

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    Delicate china

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Yusupov Palace

     
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    Plotting to kill Rasputin

     

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    Rasputin was poinioned by eating confecionary (One therory only)

     

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    Moulded ceiling

     

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    That is a FLOOR!

     

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    Just like the ceiling in our house!

     

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    The Imperial box for the Czar in the theatre inside the palace

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Impressionist art in Gen.Staff building – Hermitage

     
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    Judy in the Impressiopnist building of the Hermitage

     

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    Monet – The Seine at Rouen

     

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    Claude Monet – Haystack at Giverny

     

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    Pablo Picasso – Nude 1909

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Pushkin – Tsarskoe Selo

     
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    Alexander Pushkin at Tsarskoe Selo

     

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    Another Barocque interior

     

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    Another Beautiful floor

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Pavlovsk

     
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    An alcove in Pavlovsk Palace

     

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    Wall covering

     

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    China dish

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Moscow Railway Station

     
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    St Petersburg Railway station ceiling

     

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    The smart conductor of the Sapsan

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Hermitage museum

     
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    The Hermitage

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Pushkin – Tsarskoe Selo

     
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    Catherine the Great

     

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    How the Germans left the Palace after WW11

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Pavlovsk

     
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    Table setting

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Church on Spilt Blood

     
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    Church on Spilt blood

     

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    Saint Petersburg – PeterHof

     
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    Satin wall covering

     

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    The Samson fountain is supplied by a special aqueduct, over four km in length. From the lion’s mouth shoots a 20-metre-high vertical jet of water,

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Hermitage museum

     
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    Palace interior

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Church on Spilt Blood

     
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    Church on Spilt Blood built on the site of a battle

     

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    Saint Petersburg – St Isaacs Cathedral

     
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    Wall of Icons

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Kazan-Mangal Georgian cuisine

     
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    A Russian meal

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Faberge museum

     
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    Faberge Egg

     

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    Tea set

     

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    Faberge Plate

     

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    Faberge Egg

     

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    Anyone for tea

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Pushkin – Tsarskoe Selo

     
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    Barocque interior

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Pavlovsk

     
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    Beutiful wall covering

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Summer Gardens

     
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    Judy in the Summer Gardens

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Impressionist art in Gen.Staff building – Hermitage

     
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    Henri Matisse – The Red Room (1906)

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Pushkin – Tsarskoe Selo

     
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    Fancy Central Heating

     

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    The Queen signing the visitors book

     

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    Cameron Gallery

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Pavlovsk

     
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    Table top

     

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    Beautiful Vase

     

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    Saint Petersburg – Moscow Railway Station

     
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    Sapsan High speed train to Moscow

     

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    Moscow – Sapsan St Petersburg to Moscow

     
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    Current speed 200kmh

     

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    Moscow – GUM shopping centre

     
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    GUM – originally a depatment store for the elite. Now a high end shopping mall

     

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    Inside GUM

     

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    Inside GUM

     

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    Moscow – Kremlin – Red Square

     
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    The Kremlin

     

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    Moscow – Yaroslavskiy Railway Station

     
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    The engine of the Trans-Siberian

     

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    Moscow – GUM shopping centre

     
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    Matryoshka Dolls insie GUM

     

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    Moscow – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

     
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    Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

     

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    Moscow – Moscow State University

     
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    Moscow State University

     

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    Moscow – Radisson Royal Hotel

     
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    Model of Moscow

     

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    Moscow – GUM shopping centre

     
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    Inside GUM

     

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    Moscow – Kremlin – Red Square

     
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    St Basils Cathedral

     

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    Moscow – Yaroslavskiy Railway Station

     
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    All aboard

     

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    Moscow – In the compartment

     
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    Night number 1

     

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    Moscow to Yekaterinburg – From the Train

     
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    Could be anywhere but it is at Usta

     

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    There are lots of platforms along the Trans Siberian that are known by the kms from Moscow.

     

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    Moscow to Yekaterinburg – Kirov Pass Railway Station

     
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    The engine is changed at Kirov

     

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    Just checking!

     

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    A long way down to the platform.

     

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    Moscow to Yekaterinburg – KM1189

     
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    A level crossing keeper at KM1189

     

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    Moscow to Yekaterinburg – Balezino Railway Station

     
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    A time to stretch the legs at Balezino. (I did not think is sunbathing weather)

     

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    The conductors stand by their carriage at each station.

     

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    The conductor’s office

     

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    Moscow to Yekaterinburg – In the compartment

     
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    Our free Trans siberian lunch

     

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    Moscow to Yekaterinburg – From the Train

     
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    Snow clearing equipment

     

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    Moscow to Yekaterinburg – Balezino Railway Station

     
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    A brisk trade at the platform

     

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    Our compartment.

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Streets

     
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    A tram in Yekaterinburg

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Watch menders

     
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    A change of battery.(A good price too!)

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Memorial complex for victims of political repression

     
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    Memorial complex for victims of political repression

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Burial site of Romanovs

     
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    Where the bodies of the Romanovs where buried

     

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    Another of the 7 churches built to commerate the Romaovs

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Boris Yeltsin exhibition

     
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    Boris Yeltsin’s Official car (He was born in Yefaterinburg)

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Iset River square

     
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    Original plan of Yekaterinburg

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Railway Station

     
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    Onward to Western Siberia – Novosibirsk (New Siberia)

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Chapel of St Catherine

     
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    Chapel of St Catherine

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Dendro Park

     
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    Dendro Park

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Church on Blood

     
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    The site of the murder of the Romanovs was beneath this alter.

     

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    Yekaterinburg – House on Poklevsky Museum

     
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    The room where the last of the Romanovs were shot

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Church on Blood

     
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    The Church on Blood built on the site of the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, and his family, along with members of the household, were shot by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War.

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

     
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    Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Europe – Asia border

     
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    Europe – Asia border

     

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    One foot in each continent!

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Burial site of Romanovs

     
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    I met this Russian lady – she spoke very good English.

     

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    One of the 7 churches built to comemerate the murder of the Romanovs

     

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    Czar Nicholas 11, Alexander and their 5 children

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Church on Blood

     
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    The canonization of the Romanovs Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their children by the Russian Orthodox Church. The family was killed by the Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918 at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg.

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Boris Yeltsin exhibition

     
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    Boris Yeltsin exhibition centre (He was born in Yekaterinburg)

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Iset River square

     
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    A merchant’s house

     

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    Yekaterinburg – Railway Station

     
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    Us outside Yekaterinburg station

     

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    Omsk to Novosibirsk – From the Train

     
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    2762kms from Moscow

     

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    Another free lunch

     

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    An engine at Barabinsk

     

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    A typical Siberian home

     

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    Another free lunch

     

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    Typical Siberian home

     

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    Yekaterinburg to Novosibirsk – Chulymskaya Railway Station

     
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    2nd Sculpture

     

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    3rd Sculpture

     

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    Yekaterinburg to Novosibirsk – In the Train

     
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    The Samovar at the end of the carriage provides continuous hot water.

     

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    Yekaterinburg to Novosibirsk – Chulymskaya Railway Station

     
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    The station at Chulym – 3 scultures

     

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    Novosibirsk – Streets

     
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    Another steam train near Novosibirsk station

     

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    Novosibirsk – Original Houses

     
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    An original home in Novosibirsk

     

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    Novosibirsk – Original Trans Siberian bridge

     
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    An original section of the ealiest Trans Siberian ralway bridge before it was replaced.

     

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    Novosibirsk – Science Acadamy – Archiology museum

     
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    Original settlers of Siberia

     

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    Novosibirsk – Railway Museum

     
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    Original 3rd Class in Russia

     

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    The operating theatre in the hospital carriage of a troop train

     

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    Kitchen in the troop hospital train.

     

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    Kitchen stove on the hospital troop train

     

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    A prisioner trying to escape

     

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    In a prison cell (at last?)

     

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    This is a real Russin train!

     

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    Another beautiful train

     

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    Maybe I should have my eyes open when driving a Russian steam train?

     

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    I love trains!

     

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    Snowplough

     

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    More snowplogh equipment

     

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    More snowplogh equipment

     

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    Yet another train

     

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    Novosibirsk – Market

     
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    Novosibirsk indoor market

     

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    Novosibirsk – In the Train

     
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    And so to Irkutsk (Green tea not beer)

     

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    Novosibirsk – Original Trans Siberian bridge

     
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    An original section of the ealiest Trans Siberian ralway bridge before it was replaced.

     

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    Novosibirsk – Market

     
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    Novosibirsk indoor market

     

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    Novosibirsk – Streets

     
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    Statue of Lenin

     

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    Novosibirsk – Novosibirsk State University

     
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    Original building design

     

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    Novosibirsk – Railway Museum

     
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    Judy shows the height of a wheel

     

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    Novosibirsk to Irkutsk – From the Train

     
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    The brown home in the centre is a typical Russian design.

     

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    Note the deterrent to jumping the level crossing

     

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    Novosibirsk to Irkutsk – Ilansky

     
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    Yes, another train

     

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    Novosibirsk to Irkutsk – From the Train

     
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    The night sky

     

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    Novosibirsk to Irkutsk – Uyar

     
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    A Siberian home

     

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    Irkutsk – Original Houses

     
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    Old home in Irkutsk

     

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    Old home in Irkutsk

     

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    Ahhh!

     

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    Old home in Irkutsk

     

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    Irkutsk – Taltsy Museum

     
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    A log cabin in Taltsy museum area

     

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    A log cabin with Judy and our guide

     

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    Snow sleds

     

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    Irkutsk – Lake Baikal chair-lift and Summit

     
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    Lake Baikal – the largest fresh wate lake in the world. It contains 22% of the worlds fresh water. 600kms long.

     

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    Irkutsk – Lake Baikal

     
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    A church and houses

     

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    Irkutsk – Epiphany Cathedral

     
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    At every stop on The Trans Siberian the conductors stand by their carriage

     

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    Irkutsk – Catholic church

     
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    Catholic Church in Irkutsk

     

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    Irkutsk – Epiphany Cathedral

     
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    Inside Irkutsk-Epiphany Cathedral

     

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    Irkutsk – Irkutsk Decembrists museum

     
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    Decembrists museum Trubetskoy. The uprising took place in December 1825. Protests against Tsar Nicholas I’s assumption of the throne after his elder brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession. It was suppressed by Nicholas I.

     

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    Irkutsk – House of Europe

     
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    The Europe House in Irkutsk. The wooden house was built in 1840 by a businessman named Kuznetsov. Created to support economic, scientific and cultural communication between four countries – Belgium, France, Germany and Russia.

     

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    Irkutsk – Kirov Square

     
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    A Russian choir perorming for free in Kirov square in Irkutsk on Sunday eveing.

     

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    Irkutsk – Meal

     
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    Raw fish for lunch

     

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    Irkutsk – Taltsy Museum

     
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    A church in the museum

     

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    Irkutsk – Monument to the founders of Irkutsk

     
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    Statue of Yakov Pokhabov founder of Irkutsk in 1661

     

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    Irkutsk – Meal

     
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    Siberian fast food menu – great meal, too!

     

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    Soup and Chips for Sunday dinner

     

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    Irkutsk to Ulan Bator – From the Train

     
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    A pity you can see my watch. I could of said it was the middle of the night rather than 11:15am.

     

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    Ulan Bator – Zaisan Monument

     
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    Zaisan monument honoring allied Mongolian and Soviet soldiers killed in World War II

     

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    Ulan Bator – Supermarket

     
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    This drink is 100% proof!

     

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    Ulan Bator – Gorkhi-Terelj National Park

     
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    Bactrian camels with 2 humps

     

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    Interesting rock formation

     

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    A ger (Mongolian), yurt is from the Turkic languages, is a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt

     

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    Ulan Bator – Aryapala Temple -Turtle Rock

     
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    Over one hundred of these helpful scripts line the way to the Aryapala Temple

     

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    This is a good one

     

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    The steps up to the Aryapala Temple

     

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    Prayer wheels

     

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    Ulan Bator – Gorkhi-Terelj National Park inside a Ger

     
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    Inside a Ger (Yert)

     

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    Barry & Judy drinking milk tea ladened with salt!

     

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    Ulan Bator – Gorkhi-Terelj National Park

     
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    Dinosaurs

     

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    Another Dinosaur

     

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    Mother and baby

     

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    Ulan Bator – Sukhbaatar Square

     
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    Government House – Ulan Bator

     

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    Ulan Bator – National museum of Mongolian History

     
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    Musical instrument

     

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    Ulan Bator – State Department store

     
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    Musical instruments in a department store

     

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    More local instruments

     

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    Ulan Bator – Railway Station

     
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    The diesel train to Beijing

     

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    Ulan Bator – Lunch

     
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    Lunch in Ulan Bator

     

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    Ulan Bator – Gorkhi-Terelj National Park

     
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    Breakfast Mongolian style

     

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    Ulan Bator – Victims of Political Purges memorial

     
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    Ulan Bator-Victims of Political Purges memorial

     

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    Ulan Bator – Aryapala Temple -Turtle Rock

     
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    Judy and our guide

     

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    Ulan Bator – Monastery

     
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    Entry to the Monasery

     

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    Ulan Bator – National museum of Mongolian History

     
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    Cermonial dress

     

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    Ceremonial dress

     

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    Ulan Bator – Hotel 9 Toilet

     
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    A Japanese electric toilet

     

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    Ulan Bator to Zamin Ude – From the Train

     
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    Ancient and modern

     

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    Generally 19 carriages

     

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    What a beautiful engine

     

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    Ulan Bator to Zamin Ude – Choir Station

     
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    The conductors all stand by their carriages at each station. A lovely sight to see

     

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    Ulan Bator to Zamin Ude – From the Train

     
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    A cardboard cut-out all clear sinalman.

     

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    A Buddha by the track

     

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    Ulan Bator to Zamin Ude – Bayan Railway Station

     
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    Signalling all clear?

     

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    Ulan Bator to Zamin Ude – Airag Railway Station

     
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    Aitag railway station – an attractive building.

     

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    Ulan Bator to Zamin Ude – Sain-Shanda Railway Station

     
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    Ude-Sain-Shanda Railway Station

     

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    Zamin Ude to Beijing – Great Wall

     
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    Part of the Great Wall in China

     

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    Zamin Ude to Beijing – From the Train

     
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    A signalman on horse-back

     

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    Zamin Ude to Beijing – Zamin Ude

     
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    Erdene station, Mongolia

     

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    Beijing – Beijing Railway Station

     
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    The end of the line – Beijing Railway station

     

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    Beijing – Ming Tombs

     
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    Ming Tombs

     

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    Judy at the Ming Tombs

     

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    Beijing – Lunch after Ming Tombs

     
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    A alligator restaurant?

     

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    Beijing – Forbidden City

     
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    The moat around the Forbidden city

     

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    Hall of Supreme Harmony – Forbidden city

     

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    Roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony

     

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    Lion guarding the gate

     

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    Beijing – Red Theatre – Kung Fu

     
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    Red Theatre – Kung Fu

     

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    Beijing – Streets

     
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    A qiet park in Beijing

     

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    Beijing – National Museum of China

     
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    National museum of China

     

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    Carved Ivory ?

     

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    Beautiful china vase

     

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    Judy outside the Museum of China

     

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    Beijing – Tiananmen Square

     
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    Tiananmen Square

     

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    Beijing – Hutongs

     
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    Hutongs (Alleyways)

     

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    Beijing – Summer Palace

     
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    Summer Palace – A beautiful roof

     

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    Summer Palace – Walkway roof

     

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    Decorated roof

     

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    National dress of (where?)

     

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    Beijing – Great Wall

     
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    The Great Wall

     

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    Great Wall

     

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    Beijing – The Great Wall

     
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    The Great Wall

     

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    Beijing – Forbidden City

     
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    Passageway up to the Hall of Supreme harmony

     

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    Beijing – Great Wall

     
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    The Great Wall

     

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    Barry on the Wall

     

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    Beijing – Lunch after Ming Tombs

     
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    The fish close up

     

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    Beijing – Tiananmen Square

     
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    Flowers in Tiananmen Square

     

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    Beijing – Summer Palace

     
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    More roofs

     

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    Beijing – Great Wall

     
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    Fruit stall – Great Wall

     

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    Beijing – Lunch after Ming Tombs

     
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    Chinese lunch – Whole fish

     

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    Beijing – Forbidden City

     
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    Summer Palace – Suzhou Market Street

     

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    Beijing – Long Corridor, Hall of Dispelling Clouds

     
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    Summer Palace – Kunming Lake

     

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    Beijing – Summer Palace

     
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    One of the Summer palaces

     

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    A beautiful display

     

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    Beijing – Great Wall of China, Tower 16

     
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    Barry and Judy on the Great Wall

     

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