Last New Years we decided to spend it in Russia. Eight of us caught the Trans-Mongolian from Beijing and spent the next six days on the train until we arrived in Moscow. The train ride was SO much fun, many questioned our sanity when we said we were doing it straight through.... but by the time you got up.... got all of your layers on to go outside for each stop (it was freezing!!! The lowest was -28 C). and went to the food, which changed from China (boring but free food as we were in first class and cheap 'Great Wall' wine!)to Mongola (so beautiful... carved wood and decorated with silver tinsel for xmas) to Russia (Olga and Tatiana - the cooks, became our great friends.... we celebrated NYE with them in Siberia - Trying to teach games when we don't speak the same languaged caused for lots of laughs!!) time flew by!
We also had the added bonus of getting to celebrate Christmas twice...YES twice!! Once with our families in Australia (and Hot) then in St Petersburg we got to have an Orthodox Christmas (in the SNOW)!
On the way home I stopped in Greece, Morocco and then caught up with the others for a day stopover in Bali.
A day in Bali.... We got in at 8am and left around 10pm at night, so we hired a car with a driver and pretty much saw what most do in a week! We went shopping in Kuta, had dinner in Jim Byron Bay, when and saw the rice terraces, the temples and the monkey park. I also had a fish pedicure..... weirdest experience of my life! haha
This was truly one of those once in a lifetime trips ;)
This was truly one of those once in a lifetime trips ;)
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