its snowing!

yes its snowing here in novosibersk. The siberian wind is cold today which is just right for a hangover. Last night we went out to a rock bar. The band was cranking out the hits from ac/dc, the doors, pink floyd etc to another very enthusiastic Russian crowd! The place was packed and it was sunday night. It was like going back in time 15 years...amusing. Again we were the only westerners till later in the night we saw a couple of guys come in looking even more out of place than we did. Ania started talking to them and it turned out they were Italians over here as they own property here. Stefano and stefano! They were staying at our hotel as well so we had a few drinks back here at the bar. They said they hated it here and are were thinking of pulling out due to the lack of support against the Russian mafia who can do what they please. Aparently in the past the have just taken property from foriegners and there is nothing that can be done about it....unless you can outgun them!

Talking to these guys last night made us realize that we have not been able to have a conversation with anyone but each other since we left Amsterdam! Where are all these "travelers"? I'm not complaining cos I don't really want to be part of an Aussie backpacking posse but it seems kind of strange. This evening we leave for Irkutsk on the number 12 train (30 hours). Its minus 1 there right now.

People keep staring at me all the time, everywhere we go. I don't know what they are thinking...actually I think that they might just think I'm Brad Pitt.

You would have noticed a few more photos. Internet is still a problem so I didn't get to catch up as far as I would have liked. Ciao for now!