Archive for 15th August 2002

VDNKh

Aug 15, 2002 in Beijing to London 2002

VDNKh

If the VDNKh was a country, it would be as big as Monaco and the Vatican City put together. This huge area in the north of Moscow is the site of what used to be the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy, and is now a massive marketplace, where everything you can get [...]

Lenin

Aug 15, 2002 in Beijing to London 2002

Lenin

I changed hostels after a couple of days in Moscow, because some people I’d met on the train were staying in the Hostel Asia, and it sounded much nicer than the Sherstone. So I headed over there early one morning with all my colossal backpacks, only to find that the lifts weren’t working. [...]