Our Russian Adventure Photo Gallery by Rene Little at pbase.com

Our Russian Adventure

A 9,288km train ride on the Tans-Siberian Express from Vladivostok to Moscow and the river cruise on the Viking Ingvar from Moscow to St Petersburg, 8 August - 4 September, 2013. We finished the holiday in Dubai and Singapore 5 to 13 September 2013

Tall ship in port	Views of Vladivostok from our hotel room 10 Aug 13	Tall ship in port	Evacuation kit in case of fire
Instructions on how to evacuate	We have to jump out the window	Hyundai Hotel, Vladivostok	Zolotoy Bridge Vladivostok
Vladivostok 11 Aug 13	Vladivostok 11 Aug 13	The Navy	Monument at the port in Vladivostok
Love Padlocks.jpg	Love Padlocks	Vladivostok	Vladivostok - Bell Tower
War Memorial	War Memorial	Church at the War Memorial	War Memorial
Eternal Flame	Eternal Flame and Church	C-56 Submarine	Pretty lady in traditional dress
C-56 Submarine	Vladivostok	Statues in Vladivostok	Church of Most Holy Mother of God
Information sign for restaurant	Pectopah Del Mar Restaurant	Dave outside the restaurant	Restaurant garden
Local housing	Fortress of Vladivostok 11 Aug 13	Fortress of Vladivostok 11 Aug 13	Views from the fortress
Tiger Lily	Guns in the museum	Gun model	Fortress of Vladivostok 11 Aug 13
Yul Brynner was born in this house	4Yul Brynner plaque	Yul Brynner	Moi 11 Aug 13
Zolotoy Bridge in the distance	Beginning of the Trans Siberian Train Trip 11 Aug 13	Beginning of the Trans Siberian Train Trip 11 Aug 13	A very long train
Our musical welcome	Our stewards	Transfiguration Cathedral 12 Aug 13	Memorial in Glory Square 12 Aug 13
Eternal Flame	Memorial and Church	War memorial	War memorial
War memorial	Memorial and Church	Lenin	Domes
Kids play	Dormition Cathedral 12 Aug 13	Birds on a lamp post	Seafaring memorial
1918-22 Memorial	Statues in Khabarovsk 12 Aug 13	Building is held together with bandaids	Exhibit in the Khabarovsk Local Lore Museum 12 Aug 13
Dave and the Elk 12 Aug 13	Museum Exhibit Russian Wildlife	Museum Exhibit - Russian Wildlife	Museum Exhibit - Russian Wildlife
Traditional Costume	Traditional Costume	Museum Exhibit - Early Photography	Museum Exhibit - Antiques
Early Propaganda Poster	Back to the train views of the passing countryside	One of the many stations we passed on the nearly 10000km train trip	Views from the train passing countryside13 Aug 13
Views from the train passing countryside13 Aug 13	Views from the train passing countryside13 Aug 13	Views from the train passing countryside13 Aug 13	Ulan Ude Station 14 Aug 13
Off the train and onto the very ornate bus	Ornate curtains on the bus	Our destination Torbagatai - Village of the Old Believers	Traditional dress of the Old Believers
Traditional dress of the Old Believers	Typical house 14 Aug 13	Typical house 14 Aug 13	The garden
Local resident	The tourists inspecting the garden	Ornate roof	Ornate fence
Bottle tops for fence decorations	Inside the house	Folklore concert 14 Aug 13	Folklore concert 14 Aug 13
Dressing the tourist	The performance	Traditional dress of the Old Believers	Traditional dress of the Old Believers
Traditional dress of the Old Believers	Exhibits from the museum	Our train arriving to pick us up from the village	Our train goes forever its so large
Our cabin number	Our cabin on the train	My bunk	Our bunks
The Bathroom	The Bathroom - Shower	Gandantegchinlen Monastery Ulaanbaatar Mongolia 15 Aug 13	Dave inspecting the prayer wheels
Ornate prayer wheel	Temple of Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvara Ulaanbaatar Mongolia 15 Aug 13	Stupa at Gandantegchinlen Monastery	Big feet of goddess they need more funds to finish statue
So many birds	Mongolian Ger	Mongolian Ger on a very wet cold day	Local beer
Countryside outside Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia on a cold wet day 15 Aug 13	Inside a small Ger	The only form of cooking appliance in the Ger
Local wares for sale	Local wares for sale	Dinner show at a Mongolian Restaurant 15 Aug 13	Dinner show at a Mongolian Restaurant 15 Aug 13
Dinner show at a Mongolian Restaurant	Fur Gear Stick Warmer	One of the many statures of Lenin 16 Aug 13	One of the many statures of Lenin 16 Aug 13
Standing in front of the statue for size comparison	Opera House Ulan-Ude	Statue outside the opera house	Dave on tour in Ulan-Ude 16 Aug 13
A bit of colour	Feeding the birds in the town square	Attractive buildings in Ulan-Ude	Unique sign
A nice way to travel around Ulan-Ude	A nice way to travel around Ulan-Ude	Ulan-Ude	Touring around Ulan-Ude 16 Aug 13
Touring around Ulan-Ude 16 Aug 13	Ornate Cross	Wooden houses unique to this area	Touring around Ulan-Ude 16 Aug 13
Touring around Ulan-Ude 16 Aug 13	Touring around Ulan-Ude 16 Aug 13	Wooden houses unique to this area	Wooden houses unique to this area
Obligatory dog photo	Carting home the milk	Memorial in Ulan-Ude	Back on the train on the way to Lake Baikal
Back on the train on the way to Lake Baikal 17 Aug 13	Back on the train on the way to Lake Baikal 17 Aug 13	Light at the end of the tunnel	Early morning swim in freezing Lake Baikal some people are crazy
Standing in front of the Trans Siberian Railway at Lake Baikal	The Trans Siberian Railway	Pictures enabled us to understand the sign	Logo on the side of the train
Dave admiring the tunnel at Lake Baikal	Posing at the backt of the train	Dave and the train	This is fun playing on the train
Countryside around Lake Baikal 17 Aug 13	It's tough going uphill	Countryside around Lake Baikal 17 Aug 13	Station where we stopped to visit Lake Baikal
Obligatory dog photo	Old Train for the tourists	Countryside around Lake Baikal 17 Aug 13	Countryside around Lake Baikal 17 Aug 13
The train - my attempt at being artistic	Dave in front of the train at Lake Baikal	Flora around Lake Baikal	Countryside around Lake Baikal
Hooray riding on the outside of the train	Lake Baikal	Lake Baikal taken while standing on the outside of the train	The train winding around the lake
Fishing nets drying in the sun	Travelling through one of the many tunnels	Dining carriage on the Trans Siberian	Typical table setting
Our section of the train	The Trans Siberian at Port Baikal 17 Aug 13	Were off the train and on Lake Baikal	Port Baikal
Taken just because I like clouds	Information sign Lake Baikal	Chairlift to the top of Chersky Mountain	Chairlift to the top of Chersky Mountain
Chairlift to the top of Chersky Mountain	Pretty and unique type of flower	Views from the top of Chersky Mountain 17 Aug 13	Prayer Ribbons
Here we are sitting on a fish 17 Aug 13	Port Baikal Train Museum	Port Baikal Train Museum	Port Baikal Train Museum
Port Baikal Train Museum	Port Baikal Train Museum	Arrival in Irkutsk 18 Aug 13	Momument to Emperor Alexander III in Irkutsk
Views of Irkutsk	Churches and buildings in Irkutsk	Painting on the church wall	Religious Art
War Memorial	War Memorial	Eternal Flame	Exquisite Flowers
Love locks on the bridge	Love padlocks a tradition beginning during WWI	Main street in Irkutsk	Churches and buildings in Irkutsk
Toy cars for hire	Statue of one of the many heros in Russia	Statue of one of the many heros in Russia	One of the many churches in Irkutsk
Information sign for the church	Church grounds	Exquisite Flowers	Grounds of the home of Decemberist Prince Volkonskaya
Inside the house 18 Aug 13	Inside the house 18 Aug 13	Inside the house 18 Aug 13	Inside the house
Inside the house	Information sign	Moi in the looking glass	The Decemberist Prince Volkonskaya
Exquisite flower	Information sign	House of Europe 1843	House of Europe 1843
House of Europe 1843	Our home visit hostess	The grandaughter	Our arrival in Novosibirsk 20 Aug 13
Tzar Alexander III	Tzar Alexander III	Novosibirsk Bridge momument 20 Aug 13	Rose
Novosibirsk	Information sign Train Museum	Train Museum	Train Museum
Train art	Train Museum	Train Museum	Coach Class Cabin
Dave in the Coach Class Cabin 20 Aug 13	1st Class Cabin	Trains Interior	Public seating
The Kitchen	Prison section of the train	The cell	Medical Instruments
Dave playing at being train driver	Vintage snow plough	A visit to the Mineralogical Museum	A visit to the Mineralogical Museum
A visit to the Mineralogical Museum	Map of mineral deposits in Russia	Photos taken on the city tour	Photos taken on the city tour on a very dull wet day
Photos taken on the city tour on a very dull wet day	Novosibirsk Train Station	Arrival in Yekaterinburg - one of the many ornate stations in Russia 21 Aug 13	Church of the Blood - Yekaterinburg 21 Aug 13
Church of the Blood - Yekaterinburg 21 Aug 13	Church of the Blood - Yekaterinburg	Church of the Blood - Yekaterinburg	Photos of the Romanov Family
Photos of the Romanov Family	Photos of the Romanov Family	Grounds around Church of the Blood	Bus city tour of Yekaterinburg
Bus city tour of Yekaterinburg	Bus city tour of Yekaterinburg	Residence used by Putin	Bus city tour of Yekaterinburg
Bus city tour of Yekaterinburg	Bus city tour of Yekaterinburg	Finally blue sky	Our tour took us outside the city
Prayer Trees	Prayer Trees	Information sign - East meets West	Obelisk marking the border of Europe and Asia
Champagne at the border	An abundance of prayer ribbons	Weve arrived in Kazan another beautiful station 22 Aug 13	Kazan bus tour
Kazan bus tour	Kazan bus tour	Kazan bus tour	Kazan bus tour
Kazan bus tour	Girl wearing traditional costume 22 Aug 13	Girl wearing traditional costume 22 Aug 13	Statue of Author Sergey Kozin
Kazan Kremlin	Kazan Kremlin	Entrance to the Kremlin	Kremlins Information Sign
Buildings inside the Kremlin	Inside the Kremlin	Inside the Kremlin	Artwork inside the Kremlin
Artwork inside the Kremlin	Artwork inside the Kremlin	Kul Sharif Mosque	Kul Sharif Mosque
Decoration outside the Mosque	Model of the Mosque	Inside the mosque	Inside the mosque
Inside the mosque	Inside the mosque	I'm standing in frnt of the mosue	Artwork inside the Kremlin
Beautiful artwork	Annunciation Cathedral	Onion domes of the Orthodox church	Annunciation Cathedral
St Peter and Pauls Cathedral	Views from the Kremlin	Views from the Kremlin	Views from the Kremlin
An artistic attempt	A bit of fun 22 Aug 13	Kazan Statues	St Peter and Pauls Church
Attrative gate	Kazan Kremlin	Kazan statues	Kazan statues
Walking stick head	Kazan	Kazan fun park	Kazan fun park
A bit of graffiti	Kazan fun park	Kazan fun park	Kazan fun park
Kazan fun park	Shopping Mall 22 Aug 13	Shopping Centre 22 Aug 13	Statue of Lenin situated in the University Grounds
Lenin as a young man	Inside the Kazan University	Inside the Kazan University	Clothes worn by the university officials
Antique writing material	Inside the Kazan University	Inside the Kazan University	Antique weather gauge
Dave inspecting inside the Kazan university	Classroom used by Lenin and Tolstoy	Photo of Leo Tolstoy	Dave sitting at Lenins desk 22 Aug 13
The Universitys Concert Room	Dave sitting in a chair used by the Tzars	Sitting in the Tsarinas seat	Impressive building in the shopping centre
Bird Bath	Bird Bath	Street Buskers	Colourful costume
Colourful costume	A concert for our enjoyment	A concert for our enjoyment	A concert for our enjoyment
Changing to a steam engine at Kurovskaya 23 Aug 13	Changing to a steam engine at Kyrovskaya	Our train stewards	Old fashioned steam train taking us into Moscow 23 Aug 13
The train has arrivedin Moscow	Moscow buildings taken from the bus 23 Aug 13	Moscow buildings taken from the bus 23 Aug 13	Moscow buildings taken from the bus
Moscow buildings taken from the bus	Cafe Poushkine our lunc venue	Dave enjoying lunch at Cafe Poushkine	Statue of Tretiaikov
Tretiakov Art Gallery	Moscows beautiful underground	Beautiful murals in Moscows underground	Beautiful murals depicting WW2
Beautiful murals depicting WW2	Train arriving	Statues in the Moscow underground commemorating WW2	Statues in the Moscow underground commemorating WW2
Statues in the Moscow underground commemorating WW2	Statues in the Moscow underground commemorating WW2	Statues in the Moscow underground commemorating WW2	Moscow underground
Moscow underground	Church of The Epiphany	Shopping mall near Red Square	Dave leaving London Grill on a bleak Moscow day 24 Aug 13
GUM Department Store - Moscow 24 Aug 13	Around Red Square	St Basils	Spasskaya Tower - Moscow
St Basil's	St Basil's	St Basil's	Dave playing tourist 24 Aug 13
Red Square	GUM's facade	Stalin look-a-like	Russian double headed eagle
Marshall Gregory Zhukov near Red Square	Cathedral of Christ the Savour	Cathedral of Christ the Savour	Cathedral of Christ the Savour
Cathedral of Christ the Savour	Cathedral of Christ the Savour	Cathedral of Christ the Savour	Monument to Peter the Great
Folk concert for our enjoyment	Folk concert for our enjoyment 24 Aug 13	Love padlock tree	Monument to the working youth
Monument to the working youth	Space Museum - Moscow 25 Aug 13	Space Museum - Moscow 25 Aug 13	Space Museum - Moscow 25 Aug 13
Side view of the momument to space travel	Another momument to Lenin	Exhibit in the Space Museum	Exhibit in the Space Museum
Exhibit in the Space Museum	Information Sign	Space Dog	The dogs space ship
Dave investigating the equipment 25 Aug 13	Information sign for the space suit	Suit used for space walking	Decent Capsule Information
Decent Capsule	Astronaut Statue	Astronaut Statue	Information sign Luna-9
Luna-9	Information sign for Luna-3 Station	Luna-3	Information sign Venera-1 Station
Venera-1 Station	Information sign Mars-1	Mars-1 Station	Information sign Long range liquid fuel cruise missile
Long range liquid fuel cruise missile	Model of space ship and space walkers	Model of space ship and space walkers	Model of an astronaut
Information sign Orbital Decent Module	Orbital Decent Module	Exhibit at the museum	Hall of Fame
Museum exhibit	Museum exhibit	Information sign Return Ballistic Capsule	Return Ballistic Capsule
Informationsign Airlock of the Orbital Station MIR	Airlock of the Orbital Station MIR	Core Module of Orbital Station MIR	Inside the Core Module of Orbital Station MIR
Inside the Core Module of Orbital Station MIR	Dave in front of the Core Module of Orbital Station MIR	Space suit	Food served on a trip into space
Museum exhibit	Descent Capsule	Information sign - Krechet Space Suit	Krechet Space Suit
Dave playing tourist 25 Aug 13	First unmanned Luna Rover	Rene playing tourist	Information sign - Saturn V Launch Vehicle USA
Saturn V Launch Vehicle	Women Cosmonauts	Women Cosmonauts	Moscow by night
Moscow by night	Moscow by night	Moscow by night	Moscow by night
Moscow by night	Moscow by night	Moscow taken on our river cruise	River tour at night
Monument to Peter the Great	Monument to Peter the Great	Monument to Peter the Great	Moscow by night
Moscow by night	Moscow by night	Moscow by night	Kremlin by night 26 Aug 13
Moscow by night	Marshall Gregory Zhurkovs shadow	GUM at night	St Basils Church 26 Aug 13
St Basils Church 26 Aug 13	GUM at night	Red Square	Assumption Cathedral
Assumption Cathedral	Moscow 26 Aug 13	Assumption Cathedral	Assumption Cathedral
Impressive church doors	Beautiful golden domes	Buildings in the Kremlin	Beautiful golden domes
Kremlins Tsar Bell 26 Aug 13	Kremlins Tsar Bell 26 Aug 13	Tsar Cannon - Kremlin	Cannons at the Kremlin
Buildings in the Kremlin	Buildings in the Kremlin	Dave touring the Kremlin	Kremlin guard
Moskva River	Plane on the Moskva River	Submarine	Lovely day in Moscow 26 Aug 13
Views from our river cruise boat 26 Aug 13	Rechnoi Bokzal - River Port	Life on the river - weve started our cruise	Life along the river - weve started our cruise
Clouds	Life along the river 26 Aug 13	Life along the river - Russian Wolfhounds	Russian countryside outside Moscow
A pleasant day on the river outside Moscow	Beautiful Russian countryside	Sailing the Russian waterways	Russian countryside first day of river cruise 26 Aug 13
Heading towards the first of 18 locks	Heading towards the first of 18 locks	Passing through the lock	Passing through the lock
Passing through the lock	Passing through the lock	Passing through the lock	Passing through the lock
Passing through the lock	Kalyazin Bell Tower - Volga River at sundown	Kalyazin Bell Tower - Volga River at sundown	Kalyazin Bell Tower - Volga River at sundown
Our cabin on the Viking Ingvar 27 Aug 13	Views from our cabin on the Viking Ingvar 27 Aug 13	Views from our cabin on the Viking Ingvar 27 Aug 13	Views from the Ingvar
Our cabin on the Viking Ingvar 27 Aug 13	Approaching a second lock	Approaching the second lock	Passing through the second lock 27 Aug 13
Passing through the second lock 27 Aug 13	Passing through the second lock 27 Aug 13	Mechanics of the lock	Passing through the second lock 27 Aug 13
Queue of boats waiting to pass through the lock	Queue of boats waiting to pass through the lock	Passing churches along the way	Sailing on the Volga
Sailing on the Volga	Sailing on the Volga	Sailing on the Volga	Onion domes
Viking Ingvar	Church of the Transfiguration - Uglich 27 Aug 13	Obligatory dog	A concert for our enjoyment in Uglich
Church of the Transfiguration - Uglich 27 Aug 13	Church of St Dmitry	Onion domes	Viking Ingvar moored in Urglich
Daisy	Palace of Tsarevich Dmitri dated 1480	Church art	Colourful flowers
Houses in Uglich	Houses in Uglich	Lunch with a local family in their home	The household garden
The household garden	Bee on a flower	The household garden	Beehives in the garden
The household garden	Back patio	The house	Reflections
Back on the boat	Countryside outside Uglich 27 Aug 13	Countryside outside Uglich 27 Aug 13	Countryside outside Uglich 27 Aug 13
First views of Yaroslavl 28 Aug 13	First views of Yaroslavl 28 Aug 13	First views of Yaroslavl 28 Aug 13	Yaroslavl
Church and jetstream	Local housing	Local housing	Church of Elijah the Profit
Alexander Nevskiys Chapel	Church and sky	Onion dome and moon	Onion dome and moon
Dave in Yaroslavl 28 Aug 13	Alexander Nevskiys Chapel	Fountain	Church of Elijah the Profit
Church of Elijah the Profit	Church of Elijah the Profit	Church of Elijah the Profit	Church of Elijah the Profit
Cathedral of the Assumption	Cathedral of the Assumption	War memorial	Domes
Ornate bell	Ornate bell	Ornate bells	Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl	Cathedral of the Assumption	Man working the bells	Man working the bells
Cathedrals interior	Cathedrals interior	Cathedrals interior	Cathedrals interior
Cathedrals interior	Art Museum	Art Museums interior	Art Museums interior
Art Museums interior	Art Museums interior	Art Museums interior	Art Museums interior
Art Museums interior	A concert for our enjoyment 28 Aug 13	concert for our enjoyment 28 Aug 13.jpg	Back in the countryside.jpg
Back in the countryside	Local housing	Approaching another lock	Approaching another lock
Passing through another lock	Passing through another lock	Passing through another lock	Mechanics of the lock
Statue of Mother Volga	Ingvar moored in Goritsky	Meeting house for the tourists	Viking carving 29 Aug 13
Viking carving 29 Aug 13	Kitillov Belozerky Monastery	Kitillov Belozerky Monastery	Map of Kitillov Belozerky Monastery
Kitillov Belozerky Monastery	Kitillov Belozerky Monastery	Kitillov Belozerky Monastery	Religous wall paintings
Religous wall paintings	Religous wall paintings	14Religous wall paintings	Kitillov Belozerky Monastery
Kitillov Belozerky Monastery	Kitillov Belozerky Monastery	Kitillov Belozerky Monastery	Looks like a shoe but its a boat
Local school in Goritsky	Student in traditional dress	Student in traditional dress	Student in traditional dress
The teacher	Schoolroom	Student encouragement poster	Uniforms from the past
Uniforms from the past	Uniforms from the past	Back on the boat viewing the countryside	Back on the boat viewing the countryside
Russian countryside 30 Aug 13	Russian countryside 30 Aug 13	Russian countryside 30 Aug 13	Reflections
Mist coming off the water 30 Aug 13	Mist coming off the water 30 Aug 13	Passing traffic	Ingvar now moored in Mandrogl 31 Aug 13
Mandrogl cow 31 Aug 13	Some sort of slide of the past	Dave playing tourist in Mandrogl 31 Aug 13	Mondrogl
Ponies on Mandrogl	Ponies on Mandrogl	Cute foal	Foal shaky on his feet
Foal enjoying lunch	Cute foal	Hotel on Mandrogl	Hotel on Mandrogl
Hotel on Mandrogl	Vodka Museum Exhibit	Dave at the Vodka Museum	Vodka Museum
Vodka Museum	Vodka Museum	Vodka Museum	Buildings on Mandrogl 31 Aug 13
Blacksmiths	Blacksmiths	Going through another lock 31 Aug 13	Going through another lock 31 Aug 13
Going through another lock 31 Aug 13	Outside the lock	Going through another lock 31 Aug 13	On the way to St Petersburg
On the way to St Petersburg	On the way to St Petersburg	Reflections	Reflections
Distorted Reflections	Sunset in Russia	Sunset in Russia	Information sign The State Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage St Petersburg	The Hermitage St Petersburg	Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg 1 Sep 13	Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg 1 Sep 13
Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg 1 Sep 13	Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg 1 Sep 13	Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg 1 Sep 13	Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg 1 Sep 13
First glimpse inside The Hermitage St Petersburg	First glimpse inside The Hermitage St Petersburg	Layout of The Hermitage St Petersburg	Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg
Fieldmarshall Prince Tavrichesky	Information sign for next photo	Name of the soldier is on the previous photo	Beautiful ceilings
Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg	One of the many thrones in the palace	Russian Coat of Arms - 2 Headed Eagle	Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg
Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg	Beautiful gold peacock	Hermitage gardens	Dave admiring the peacock
Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg	Information sign Leonado da Vincis Madona and Child	Leonado da Vincis Madona and Child	Ornate doors
Information sign Madonna and Child	Leonado da Vincis Madona and Child	Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg	Beautiful ceilings
Canal outside the palace	Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg	Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg	Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg
Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg	Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg	Inside The Hermitage St Petersburg	Information sign for Rembrandts painting
St Petersburg taken on our bus tour	St Petersburg taken on our bus tour	St Petersburg taken on our bus tour	St Petersburg taken on our bus tour
St Petersburg taken on our bus tour	Catherines Palace	Catherines Palace	Dave with our tour guide 2 Sep 13
Catherines Palace	Catherines Palace	Catherines Palace 2 Sep 13	Catherines Palace 2 Sep 13
Inside Catherines Palace 2 Sep 13	Inside Catherines Palace 2 Sep 13	Inside Catherines Palace	Inside Catherines Palace
Inside Catherines Palace	Inside Catherines Palace	Inside Catherines Palace	Inside Catherines Palace
Inside Catherines Palace	Inside Catherines Palace	Inside Catherines Palace	Beautiful Ceiling Inside Catherines Palace
Inside Catherines Palace	Beautiful Ceiling Inside Catherines Palace	Banquet Table Inside Catherines Palace	Inside Catherines Palace
Inside Catherines Palace	Inside Catherines Palace	Catherine the Great	Inside Catherines Palace
Inside Catherines Palace	Palace grounds	Palace grounds	Palace grounds
Palace grounds	Palace grounds	Catherines Palace	Palace grounds
Palace grounds	Palace grounds	Palace grounds	Palace grounds
Palace grounds	Palace grounds	Palace grounds	Catherines Palace
Catherines Palace	Catherines Palace	Russian Folk Dance concert for our enjoyment 3 Sep 13	Russian Folk Dance concert for our enjoyment 3 Sep 13
Russian Folk Dance concert for our enjoyment 3 Sep 13	Russian Folk Dance concert	Russian Folk Dance concert	Russian Folk Dance concert
Russian Folk Dance concert	Russian Folk Dance concert	Russian Folk Dance concert	Russian Folk Dance concert
Russian Folk Dance concert	Russian Folk Dance concert	Russian Folk Dance concert	Russian Folk Dance concert
Russian Folk Dance concert	Two Headed Eagle	Summer Palace St Petersburg	Summer Palace St Petersburg
Summer Palace St Petersburg	Summer Palace St Petersburg	Summer Palace St Petersburg	Summer Palace St Petersburg
Summer Palace St Petersburg	Colourful flowers	Summer Palace St Petersburg	Summer Palace St Petersburg
Summer Palace St Petersburg	Summer Palace St Petersburg	Dave with our Canadian friends Peggy and Nancy	Dave and I at the Summer Palace 3 Sep 13
Summer Palace St Petersburg	Summer Palace St Petersburg	Summer Palace St Petersburg	Dave and the gold statue
Summer Palace St Petersburg	Summer Palace St Petersburg	Summer Palace St Petersburg	Summer Palace St Petersburg
Dave in the crowd looking at the fountain 3 Sep 13	The magnificent fountain	They have started turning on the water which happens every day at a certain time	Now the water is really starting to flow
Now the water is really starting to flow	Now the water is really starting to flow	Now the water is really starting to flow	The fountain is so beautiful I just have to keep filming
Strange boat on the canal	Beautiful swan shaped boat	A view inside the boat	The fountain in all its glory
Summer Palace St Petersburg	Bird bath in the grounds of the Summer Palace	Summer Palace St Petersburg	Summer Palace St Petersburg
Summer Palace St Petersburg	One of the many fountains in the Summer Palace	One of the many fountains in the Summer Palace	One of the many fountains in the Summer Palace
Summer Palace St Petersburg	Summer Palace St Petersburg	Dave playing tourist	Spot the tourist
Good name for a restaurant - or not	The birds appear to like the restaurant	Taken from the bus - goodbye Russia	Hello Dubai - our hotel suite 5 Sep 13
Dave settling in	Raffles Hotel 5 Sep 13	Nice comfy bed	Bedroom
Views from our room	Our balcony but it was way too hot to venture outside Dubai in September - no no	Views from our room	Views from our room
Hello Singapore 9 Sep 13	Chair lift to Santosa Island 9 Sep 13	Chair lift to Santosa Island	Singapore taken from the gondola
Santosa	Santosa	Views from the gondola	Santosa
Santosa	Sneaky shot of Dave	Cars in front of the Fullerton Hotel	Cars in front of the Fullerton Hotel
Dave inspecting the cars	Casino-hotel in Siingapore 9 Sep 13	Singapore Flyer	Singaport at night - views from our hotel room
Our hotel	Laser light show	Laser light show	Laser light show
Laser light show 9 Sep 13	Laser light show 9 Sep 13	Laser light show 9 Sep 13	Laser light show 9 Sep 13
Laser light show 9 Sep 13	Photos of the Fullerton Hotel - above lobby area	Information sign for next photo 11 Sep 13	Koi in the hotels indoor pond
Flower display in hotels lobby area	Sign with a little humour	Bronze statue depiction how childrenm used to jumped into the river to collect coins	A series of bronze statures depicting Singapore life in the past
A series of bronze statures depicting Singapore life in the past	A series of bronze statures depicting Singapore life in the past	A scenic tour on one of the river boats 11 Sep 13	Views from the boat - our bronze coin collectors
Views from the boat - our hotel	Views from the boat - the business area	Playing tourist in front of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel-Casino	Marina Bay Sands Hotel-Casino
Views from the boat - Esplanade Park Theatre Museum - looks like a porcupine	Views from the boat - Riverside Point another tourist attraction	Views from the boat - the famous Clarke Quay	Views from the boat
Playing tourist in front of the Merlion	Views from the boat - Fullerton Hotel	Views from the boat	Views from our hotel room
Views from our hotel room	Views from our hotel room	Views from our hotel room	Dave inspecting the bronze statues
A series of bronze statures depicting Singapore life in the past	A series of bronze statures depicting Singapore life in the past	Colourful shutters	Humerous sign
Colourful buildings	Colourful buildings	A statue of Stamford Raffles 11 Sep 13