Sunday, August 12, 2012

100KM out of Barnaul

Drove for a bit today, good roads, beyond stupid drivers. So sick of them! Regardless of how high your spirits are in the morning, three wide on a two lane road gets you down by the end of the day. According to a book I just finished reading (ironically on Siberia):
-Russian man's average life expectancy is 59.
-Three and a half times as many people were dying in car accidents in Russia compared to Germany.
-Russian's consume twice the level of alcohol considered 'dangerous' by the World Health Organisation
-Russia's population is declining at a rate of 4% per year since 1993. In 8 years Russia's population will be below 100 Million

Spent all my time putting together video to share when we arrive at Barnaul tomorrow.
So far we have:
101 Cool photos ready to upload
10 minute video UB to Tes
~5 minute video Tes to Barnaul (Still compiling)
Altai is the Russian tourist mecca. It's nice to see tourism, the far eastern side of Russia sees no tourists it seemed.

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