Had a great time around St. Petersbug today. While we didn’t get into many museums (there are over 300) we did get a real good look at what the city has to offer.

Started a tour of the city today, with the biggest part planned for tomorrow.

Flew up to St. Petersburg today, with a plane change in Moscow. Beautiful day and a great trip.

Were able to get out today! Nice walk around town.

Not much to do today. It rained a bit and we didn’t get out much.

I got a good rest in this morning, and then we took a trip to the mountains!

The city is like walking in a park. We had a student come up to us and ask us all kinds of questions about where we came from, and wanted everyone to know Russia is a nice place to come visit! No bears in the streets and people aren’t cold. We are really enjoying our stay.

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Flew to another city to have a good tour!

Went out for breakfast, but everything was closed. Except for a grocery store, so we bought eggs and stuff to bring back. Lunch w/ a local friend and stayed close to home today. Jet lag isn’t too bad, which is very good!

Our taxi ride from the airport.

The Russian military parade, Red Square, 2012

Flew from Seattle to Moscow—took a couple days and headed to the Red Square. We arrived in Moscow around 11:00 am, took a taxi to the guest house, then for dinner, home for a quick nap, out for supper then to the Red Square. Funny thing is, there were riots there with around 200,000 people there just 2 days ago. Big parade (tanks, etc.?) the next day, but probably won’t make it.

Just drove around town taking some shots this afternoon—

More street shots from Thailand…

...except for Sam.

City Streets of Chiang Mai, #2

City Streets of Chiang Mai, #3

City Streets of Chiang Rai, #1 to the outskirts…

Province of Chiang Rai, #2 to a tribal village

Just a long, unedited video of driving around in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Just a long, unedited video of driving around in Singapore.

Instead of doing my taxes, I hung out w/ Barney and Joe and Rob and Kellen instead. Good thing, because my taxes only took a couple hours.