Novosibirsk

arrived in novosibirsk this morning, walked to the nearest hotel and shelled out 2000RUR to get my own room with a shower, a comfy bed, my own toilet and peace and quiet. Then voided myself and slept for 4h; now am wandering around Novosibirsk. There's a branch of the same chain of coffeeshop/cafes that had two branches in Omsk -- their coffee was good so may go back there (not as good as the place i went to in Tiumen, though)...

staying here overnight - am looking forward to avoiding the hassle of trying to find my train late at night. tomorrow morning, train to Irkutsk which gets in the next day (Sunday) quite late at night - so two daytimes on the train and one evening.

Not got anywhere arranged to stay in Irkutsk yet... hopefully will stay there a couple of days and then move onto Vladivostok just in time to get ferry to Fushiki