Leanne & Dave Loewen

This is created for those of you who want to keep up with our world trip!

[Leanne & Dave Loewen @backpacking2010]

On the road home. Man it's good to be back.

[Leanne & Dave Loewen @backpacking2010]

Tokyo was a blast - thanks Jeff & Rino! Heading to the airport this afternoon. Touch down in 20hrs

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Bullet train to Tokyo. Home stretch :)

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Plane was delayed, but we're in Japan now. Kyoto, then Tokyo, then home!

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Eating some Peking duck then off to Shanghai.

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The train ride was amazing. Beijing is hot, intensely smoggy and seriously foul-smelling. Great Wall tomorrow!

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So we're in Beijing and we have wifi, but of course Facebook and Twitter are "inaccessible".

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Riding the rails through Siberia . . . with a bottle of wine.

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On the train & all settled in. Looking forward to the next 6 days. A vacation from our vacation :-)

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$7 for a 250 of coke? Really? And $10 for black tea? Really? And you think that's ok?? (No, we didn't eat there...)

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off to Moscow...then the 6 days to Beijing. Might not have internet till then (and will tweet through texts to family)

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Saint Petersburg is very beautiful... saw a lot in the 9 hours we spent walking around. yes, we're exhausted.

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in Saint Petersburg.. our hostel was down a dark alley at a kinda nondescript door with a keypad. surprisingly it is quite nice inside...

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Helsinki today. We cross into Russia tonight!

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Ah, so that's real sour cream. Runny and sour. Anyway, not recommended with Corn Flakes. Remind me to learn to read Swedish.

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@Fuzze1 lol got a replacement camera, sorry

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well, my point and shoot met an early demise... hopefully will get another in Stockholm tomorrow. probably vastly overpriced.

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Off on a scenic railway tour of Sweden!

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@idhToronto it is!

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midnight sun and sleeping in a cool lodge-like hostel. life is good.