might be nice to be on good trains after the trans sib ...
lol@bloodyvostok ... budget -- going to be backpacking it - am not
doing it on a shoestring, but not wanting to fling money around
tooooooooo frivolously.  i'm going to google the names you mentioned
later - thanks v v v much.  i think basically it's all going to be very
new, so it'll all be interesting, no matter what.  it's part of a round
the world thang [o the cliche]