Mark and Maureen's travels in Asia: Russia-Mongolia-Beijing-Japan

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So Mark finally finished grad school and we are leaving Delaware. But before we get settled again, we're off for the Great Red Train ride. We'll follow in the tracks of Mark's grandparents a few decades ago as we head across Russia, and then spend a few weeks in Japan. Will Maureen swim in Lake Baikal? Will Mark get to sleep in a pod hotel in Japan? Come on in and find out. Our sincere thanks go out to the Laird Fellowship, which has enabled us to take this trip.

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  Begining of the end   Newark, DE on Apr 14, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Waiting to depart   Reading, PA on May 3, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Itinerary   Reading, PA on May 4, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Finally, underway   Reading, PA on May 5, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Paris in the spring time   Paris, France on May 8, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  We got in!!   St. Petersburg, Russia on May 9, 2004 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Train to Moscow   St. Petersburg, Russia on May 9, 2004 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Moscow   Moscow, Russia on May 10, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Day 1 in Moscow   Moscow, Russia on May 11, 2004 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Reen's time at the Sandunovskiye Baths   Moscow, Russia on May 11, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Men's Banya   Moscow, Russia on May 11, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Last entry for a while...   Moscow, Russia on May 11, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
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  All aboard for 3 days on the train!   Mostly Siberia, Russia on May 13, 2004 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Time to stretch our legs   Listvyanka, Russia on May 15, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Day two at Lake Baikal   Listvyanka, Russia on May 16, 2004 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Goodbye Lake Baikal, hello Irkutsk   Irkutsk, Russia on May 18, 2004 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Day two - Irkutsk   Irkutsk, Russia on May 18, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  Off to Mongolia   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on May 20, 2004 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Buuvelt Ger Camp in Terelj National Park   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on May 21, 2004 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Last day in Mongolia   Ulan-Bator, Mongolia on May 22, 2004 2 pictures 0 comments
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  All aboard to Beijing   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on May 23, 2004 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Beijing - Day 1   Beijing, China on May 24, 2004 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Second day in Beijing   Beijing, China on May 25, 2004 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Beijing - Day 3   Beijing, China on May 26, 2004 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrival in Japan   Tokyo, Japan on May 27, 2004 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Tokyo - 2nd Day   Tokyo, Japan on May 29, 2004 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Tokyo - 3rd Day   Tokyo, Japan on May 30, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  Travel to Sapporo   A Train, Japan on May 31, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  Sapporo - 1st Day   Sapporo, Japan on Jun 1, 2004 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Otaru - just northwest of Sapporo   Otaru, Japan on Jun 1, 2004 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Leaving Sapporo   Sapporo, Japan on Jun 2, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  Matsushima, Matsushima, Aaah Matsushima   Matsushima, Japan on Jun 3, 2004 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Heading to Kyoto   Trains, trains, trains, Japan on Jun 5, 2004 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Kyoto - 1st Day   Kyoto, Japan on Jun 6, 2004 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Kyoto - Day 2   Kyoto, Japan on Jun 6, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  Kyoto - Day 3   Kyoto, Japan on Jun 7, 2004 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Kyoto - Day 4   Kyoto, Japan on Jun 8, 2004 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Western Honshu   Himeji - Hiroshima, Japan on Jun 10, 2004 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Horse Meat and Hurricanes   Kumamoto, Japan on Jun 10, 2004 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Typhooled...   Kumamoto, Japan on Jun 11, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  Mt. Aso   Kumamoto, Japan on Jun 12, 2004 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Nagasaki - Day 1   Nagasaki, Japan on Jun 13, 2004 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Nagasaki - Day 2   Nagasaki, Japan on Jun 15, 2004 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to Kyoto   Kyoto, Japan on Jun 15, 2004 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Last day in Japan   Tokyo, Japan on Jun 16, 2004 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Home again   Reading, PA on Jun 17, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments