Hong Kong -> London Picture tour

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	We set off from Hong Kong station on 2nd June 2005... (Our leaving entry...)
...and arrive in Beijing 24 hours later. Here we spend 4 days and nights touristing, eating local foodand visiting the Great Wall out at Simatai. (1st Beijing blog entry) (2nd entry in Beijing)
Early in the morning of the 7th June, we hop on the trans-mongolian train in Beijing and arrive in Ulaanbataar, the capital of Mongolia, 30 hours later. We are greeted by local guides and taken to our Ger camp. (blog entry for Mongolia)
	After 2 nights at the Ger camp and one night in Ulaanbataar itself, we get back on the train this time heading for Irkutsk in Siberia. This is the least comfortable of all the trains we go on but also the most interesting. It takes 30 hours. (blog entry: "train to Siberia")
Siberia was hot and nature was in full swing... We homestayed in a beautiful, remote village outside Irkutsk right on Lake Baikal for a couple nights. ("Lake Baikal" entry)
	Irkutsk is one of the bigger capitals of Siberia. With a population of 600,000 it gave us a good taste of what life is like for the Russians out there. We boarded the trans-siberian next after one night in Irkutsk itself. (Our Irkutsk blog entry...)
Riding the trans-Siberian rail from Irkutsk to Moscow takes 76 hours. It is a long journey through many many stations, some with 20-30 minute stops where one could get out and stretch legs, re-stock the bread, noodles and beer supplies and take a break from the clickity-clack. (the entry about the "trans-Siberian")
	Arriving in Moscow we were greeted with an evening of sun before 2 days of straight rain and low temperatures (12-18 celcius). Museums and pubs were the order of our visit. The sun came out the day we left. (An entry in Moscow... Some pictures from Moscow...)
We then boarded a train from Moscow, through Belarus into Poland where we spent 4 days in Krakow. ( Moscow through Belarus, Wawel Castle in Krakow, Krakow square, The Wieliczka Salt Mines)
Next was a short overnight journey to Vienna, which saw us arrive at 6:00am. 2 nights in Vienna kept us busy at museums and sights (and almost bankrupt)... ( An entry from Vienna, and another blog )
	We then pull into Bratislava for a night. It is sleepy, relaxing, beautiful and bed-bug-ridden. ( "Bugislava" )