LaContra’s Blog as a Book
Welcome to my Travel blog.
This page allows you to read my entries in chronological order.
Click on any link below to jump directly to that post; or use the “Chapters” link to the right to view my most recent entry.
…or just read it from start to finish, like a book!
Part One — The UK
1. Movin on — February 7, 2009
2. Night crossing — February 7, 2009
3. …And thanks for the fish — February 7, 2009
4. Mi casa, mi auto — February 7, 2009
5. Free plug… — February 7, 2009
Part Two — Denmark
6. …and they’re off…sorta — February 7, 2009
Part Three — Sweden
7. Gothenburg… Magda & Patrik — February 7, 2009
Part Four — Norway
8. Lillehammer by dawn or bust — February 7, 2009
9. -10C Lillehammer @ dawn — February 7, 2009
10. Lillehammer to Trondheim — February 7, 2009
11. the tRUSTY steed — February 7, 2009
12. …just a quick aside… — February 11, 2009
13. A few words about Norway… — February 12, 2009
14. …and so where were we? — February 12, 2009
15. …and I did mention it was snowing… — February 12, 2009
16. Regarding EU safety standards — February 12, 2009
17. A change of pace… – February 12, 2009
18. So next stop… Narvik — February 12, 2009
19. Onwards… North! — February 12, 2009
20. Finnmark… — February 12, 2009
21. Kirkenes… — February 12, 2009
Part Five — Russia
22. Russia! — February 18, 2009
23. Murmansk… — February 18, 2009
24. Random Murmansk — February 18, 2009
25. Karelia Peninsula — February 19, 2009
26. Kem and Belomorsk — February 19, 2009
27. Plaudits and praise — February 19, 2009
28. And so on to Petrozadovsk — February 19, 2009
29. Random Petrozavodsk — February 22, 2009
30. Saint Petersburg in my sights — February 22, 2009
31. Regarding co-pilot Harvey — February 23, 2009
33. Piskariovskoye — February 23, 2009
34. SPB to Tver to Dubna to Moscow — February 27, 2009
35. Moscow — February 27, 2009
36. Madman encounters idiots — February 27, 2009
37. An honourable mention — March 9, 2009
38. Forest fun with 4×4 friends — March 11, 2009
39. Modern Russian History 101 — March 11, 2009
40. The Golden Ring — March 11, 2009
41. Churches and green Fords — March 11, 2009
42. Tula to the Ukraine border — March 11, 2009
Part Six — The Ukraine
43. My Assault on the border — March 14, 2009
45. Marooned in Kiev — March 19, 2009
46. Oddities Russian and Urkainian style — March 19, 2009
47. Welcome to Chernobyl!! — March 20, 2009
48. Pripyat the nuclear ghost town — March 20, 2009
49. Dissent and disagreement — March 26, 2009
50. Honourable mentions (part 2) — March 27, 2009
51. DHL Fucking Bastards Dishonest Thieving Scum — March09
52. The ancient city of Lviv — March 27, 2009
53. Regarding Harvey — April 1, 2009
54. Leaving Kiev — April 1, 2009
56. Simfeperol — April 7, 2009
57. Art for art’s sake? — April 7, 2009
58. Sevastopol — April 14, 2009
59. Balaklava — April 14, 2009
60. Does this sound like me? — April 14, 2009
61. Object 221 — April 16, 2009
63. Штраф (translation: Shraf) — April 17, 2009
64. Oddities Russian and Ukrainian style (part 2) — April 17, 2009
65. Yalta to Kerch — April 17, 2009
Part Seven — Russia (Redux)
66. Fifty-three hours — April 20, 2009
67. To Krasnodar then Rostov-on-Don — April 20, 2009
68. Stalingrad — April 26, 2009
Part Eight — The Ukraine (Reprise)
71. Yalta… summer mix — May 15, 2009
72. Cue the dancing bear — May 23, 2009
73. To be continued…?
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