http://jaymes.net/wordpress Paul escapes London and the UK to tour the world Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:25:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://jaymes.net/wordpress/p/222 What was your favourite country? I've been asked this question repeatedly over the last three weeks and I hate it, because it's so hard to answer. I tend to try to split it up - the place I have the most vivid memories of is Cambodia, every day there was an ... http://jaymes.net/wordpress/p/164 Leaving Berlin on ICE 952 for Koln (Cologne)And now the end is near And so I face the final curtain My friend, I'll say it clear I'll state my case of which I'm certain I've lived a life that's full I've travelled each and every highway and more, much more than this I did it my wayAt ... http://jaymes.net/wordpress/p/163 I can see it in the distance as I walk down Friedrichstrasse; around me are hordes of tourists reading the museum-style displays that line the street. At the junction with Zimmerstrasse, a double row of cobblestones in the road marks where the wall once was, and on the other side ... http://jaymes.net/wordpress/p/162 "He must have known how long we were stopping", I observe casually as we watch the man who'd wandered off twenty minutes ago return with a McDonald's bag. I'm on Polish train D79112 at Suwalki in northern Poland, heading for Warsaw, accompanied by Tak and a guy from Philedalphia who's ... http://jaymes.net/wordpress/p/161 The expectant faces are all around me, jostling for position, keenly staring at the doorway ahead. Many are holding flowers; bunches, bouquets and the occasional red rose. People in this part of the world seem to be obsessed with flowers, in Riga old town you can buy them from street ... http://jaymes.net/wordpress/p/160 "Everyone gets a stamp except me", I sigh, feeling rather left out. It's about 5.30am local time and I've just arrived at the Latvian border. My kupey companions on Latvian Railways train number 1, the? 15 hour Latvijas Ekspresis? (Latvian Express) from Moscow to Riga are Andrei, a Russian truck ... http://jaymes.net/wordpress/p/158 "Territoria Kremlin Zakrite", says the sign in Russian script. This means the Kremlin is unexpectedly closed on my last day in Moscow. I try to ask a couple of people why, and they look at me as if I'd just insulted their parents. This is Russia; you don't get reasons. "Imbecile!", ... http://jaymes.net/wordpress/p/157 The beautiful gold domes are receding behind me, and the rustic wooden houses are thinning out too. I'm not sure if I'm walking in the right direction, but a dark grey concrete jungle is coming into view on the right hand side of the road. I'm trying to remember this ... http://jaymes.net/wordpress/p/156 "Tomorrow we arrive in Europe, Tomorrow I arrive home", I explain in my phrasebook? Russian to Nikolai,? the soldier who's sharing my Kupe on the very well-appointed train number 25, the? Sibirsk. I'm not really arriving home, but crossing the Ural mountains and being on the right continent seems ... http://jaymes.net/wordpress/p/155