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What Have You Got in Your Pockets | Part 2

By andyfied, on 30th August, 2011

Sometimes avoiding a scam is just about making sure you pick the right taxi to get into. For example, the metered taxi cabs around Russia are complete rip-offs and are mostly run by the local gangs. All the ones around the airports are controlled by organised crime and are delighted to pick up [...]

What Have You got in Your Pockets? | Part 1

By andyfied, on 29th September, 2009

Just because the authors on this here travel website are Gentleman and Lady adventurers, doesn’t mean we’ve had an easy upbringing. The Captain was brought up in a gutter with 27 other families (it’s part of why his favourite number is four) and the Major spent 8 years thinking a [...]

Platzkart or How to Keep Warm in the Russian Winter

By andyfied, on 24th December, 2008

Some of you who know me may know that i have had a small jaunt down to Asia via the trans Siberian express in the past year-ish. I am not from a military background unlike my travel buddies, the Captain who has an uncanny knack of finding food in any climate and can [...]

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What Have You Got in Your Pockets | Part 2

What Have You got in Your Pockets? | Part 1

Platzkart or How to Keep Warm in the Russian Winter