Preface

The object of my summer 1999 travels was to join my fiancée, who was recently assigned to work in Moscow and whom I hadn't seen since March. But instead of getting on the plane and heading straight for Russia, I decided to take somewhat of a roundabout route. Thus my trip, which can be divided into three parts:

• Getting to Moscow: via Iran, Pakistan and Chinese Turkestan.

• Moscow: except for two very short trips outside, I spent July in the city with my fiancée.

• My fiancée's vacation: she and I spent August and part of September travelling mostly overland from Moscow to the other side of the Eurasian landmass

Go to the first story of the travelogue.