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In order to get on a cheap flight away from Moscow and across to Beijing, I decided to backtrack and detour through Finland for a night.Finland’s capital turned out to be quite cool with a few interesting skate and street wear shops. I only had a few hours to explore and the rain was almost [...]

My stay in Moscow was extended since I didn’t take the trans-Siberian railway. I’ve decided this was a good thing because the Capital, and Russia as a whole, is such a unique place. I’ll admit it’s probably the most difficult place to be in that I’ve ever visited. I guess that’s all part of the [...]

St. Petersburg is another city that I had wished I could have visited in 2006. Since I’d read Crime and Punishment that year I was excited by the idea of strolling up Nevsky Prospect, crossing the Neva to Vasilievsky Island, and seeing the Dostoevsky museum that’s set up in one of his old flats. With [...]