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The Year of Living Differently #10: The Nyet – St. Petersburg, Russia: You know you are in Russia when the cafes serve complimentary vodka. Trisha was also very impressed by the Armoury inside the Kremlin.
The Year of Living Differently #9: Train-Shopping – Ulaan Baator, Mongolia to Irkutsk, Russia: The Trans-Mongolian Railway meant many days on the train with its interesting Mogol traders. It also meant crossing into a new continent and a new city at the end, Moscow
The Year of Living Differently #8: Mong-Struck – Ulaan Baator, Mongolia: Trisha has some of her best experiences on this trip so far with a Mongolian family in their ger. However, her travel companions have a bad time of it with pick-pockets
The Year of Living Differently #7: From Beijing with Love – Beijing, China: Beijing turned out quite wonderful for Trisha, largely due to the people she met in her hostel. The same cannot be said, however, for the crooks who tried to smuggle her across the border into Mongoli
The Year of Living Differently #5: Desperately Seeking Shade – Dunhuang, China: Shade is a luxury in Turpan where temps can reach 50Â°C. Trisha is doing her best to see important sights, but the prices keep going up as she goes along.
The Year of Living Differently #6: Dial M for Mutton – Kashgar, China: Trisha is ready to start smelling like an Uyghur if it means she gets to eat more of their Shish kebabs. And Kashgar's famous Sunday Bazaar was perfect for what Trisha likes best - people-watching.
The Year of Living Differently #4: Of Monks and Yak-Men – Zoige to Langmusi, China: More bus woes with long journeys and bogus bus insurance, but Trisha is enjoying visitng the monasteries and lusting after the hunky and handsome Tibetan monks.
The Year of Living Differently #2: Return of the Backpack- Kunming, China: Trisha's trip didn't get off to a great start as her backpack failed to arrive with her. After tracking it down she spent some time in the cultural towns of Dali and Lijiang in China.
The Year of Living Differently #3: Horses, Trains & Muddy Public Buses – Lijiang to Chendu, China: Trisha's using varied forms of transport to get her around China. A 13 hour hard seat train, a 4 day horse trek and a bumpy 7 hour bus ride to the remote town of Zoige
The Year of Living Differently #1: The Plan: Trisha's plan, including her route, visas she needed, travel insurance and shots she got before she left.