Borat

Borat, originally uploaded by ericdues.

Well, the train ride fleeing Russia was everything that it should have
been. I shared a car with two assholes from Kazakhstan... that's
right, as seen in the movie Borat. These dicks wouldn't even let me
use the small table at all, and so I kept pretty confined to the top
bunk. That went on for about the first hour until things took a turn
for the (much) better.

I found two British girls, one Brazillian, and an Australian father/
son team doing the Trans-Siberian trip. As fate would have it, they
were the only two in their kupe as well, so I spent most of the trip
drinking and chatting with them and the Brazillian.

The exit process from Russia started out with them disconnecting our
car from all of the others and leaving it alone on the platform die
three hours of no activity. Then, about 30 Mongolians got onto the
train and then the customs procedure and baggage inspections and no
smiles except for from us and the Mongolians... this was already the
beginning of me liking Mongolia and her people.

I will say I am happy to be out of Russia and around some more
friendly people.

- The Dues