Just quickly

I've got several updates as you might expect, but internet access from that finest of Stans - Uzbeki - is sorely limited and the blogspot website is generally unavailable. Nonetheless it appears to have made itself visible right now so I'm going to briefly update you:
1. Novodevichy Convent and Cemetary in Moscow is beautiful and interesting
2. 3 days on a train from Moscow to Tashkent is tough. Especially if you caught a cold on the last (and warmest) day in Moscow. It was like a frelling oven in there.
3. Border crossings on a train can be really dull, and not a little scary.
4. Haven't seen enough of Tashkent to comment yet - and may not at all. Big place and I need my energy.
5. Samarkand is stunning.
6. Bukhara is stunning. No, really.

I have written 'proper' blog content for these, and I have photos (lots) but my PC is not on the net here (this is from an internet cafe). Suffice to say I am well, if exhausted. Flying to Tashkent tomorrow and then the same to Almaty the day after. Then a tough train journey to Urumqi in China (yay!). Supposedly the border crossing takes 6 hours, during which you cannot leave the train or use the toilets. Could bring a new definition of 'fun'.