sofasurfers

All aboard the Vladivostok Express! I’ve had to pull out my China guide early, as my cabin companions are a young Chinese couple. So far i’ve only grasped ‘hello’, ‘what’s your name?’ and ‘thank you’ - not enough to confirm that they have traveled from Moscow, but they seem fully literate in the Russian practice of sharing all one’s provisions (here an egg, some melon and an apple). Or perhaps one can also hope for such kindness in China…