The stern-looking lady in the ill-fitting uniform at the Passport Control window took one look at Tramp’s registration papers, then a look at my Australian passport, scowled her face, shook her head and said ‘Nyet’. Hmm, not a good start to our Russian adventure, you might say. But after a little translation from the Russian guy behind me in the line who spoke some English she softened up a bit, … Continue reading →
The Sami people are amazing. These indigenous people from northern Scandinavia and north-western Russia, probably numbering about 140,000 or so, have lived for thousands of years in some of the harshest conditions on earth. Known as being semi-nomadic and famous for herding reindeer across these northern spaces in search of seasonal food, the Sami today have their own language, flag, national anthem and land. And it is this land in … Continue reading →
