One morning, at the start of May 2005, Mark Cundy set out on his daily stroll – pushing a pram full of his belongings on a 19 km saunter from the Moscow suburban town of Krasnogorsk to Red Square. By itself, it was a quite a robust workout to be sure. What was far more impressive was that he had walked all the way from London to get there.
In fact, the walk from London to Moscow was just the first leg of a ‘world walk’, which also saw Cundy saunter from Melbourne to Sydney as the second leg and from the west coast to the east coast of the USA. While the walk was done for the benefit of Cancer Research UK, more than anything Cundy set out on this amazing journey in pursuit of a dream and a sense of achievement. And now he has documented his incredible adventures in the soon to be released book, A Man and a Pram.
In fact, the walk from London to Moscow was just the first leg of a ‘world walk’, which also saw Cundy saunter from Melbourne to Sydney as the second leg and from the west coast to the east coast of the USA. While the walk was done for the benefit of Cancer Research UK, more than anything Cundy set out on this amazing journey in pursuit of a dream and a sense of achievement. And now he has documented his incredible adventures in the soon to be released book, A Man and a Pram.
20/11: Russian Police OMON Training
19/11: Moscow Base Jumping
Here are some Moscow base jump vids from Youtube. The video above is my favorite. These guys just walk into the library of the Moscow Universtity on the 21st floor. The ones of you who know Moscow, know that this is one of the “7 Sisters”, the Stalin high rise buildings, built in the 50s. Where was I? Ah, they walk into the library, say a polite Hello to some woman who is there and then the first guy jumps out of the window. The second guy, who films, says a polite “Good Bye”, checks the wind and jumps as well. Its just great! I wonder how they got on and off the campus, since that is highly guarded and your bags are checked when you get in. You won’t make it in, if you are not a student anyway. Good one.
More and some story about a secret base jumper club right here ...
We have just put online a new guide to Russia for expats. You can find information about teaching English in Moscow, finding a job, work permits, setting up a company, meeting people, and networking. There's also a new Shopping Guide to Moscow, which will be very interesting for expats as well.
Check out Expat Guide to Russia and
Moscow Shopping Guide
This and other photos in the guide by Sasha Reshetilov
Check out Expat Guide to Russia and
Moscow Shopping Guide
This and other photos in the guide by Sasha Reshetilov
14/11: Snow Chaos?
We just received the 2nd large dump of snow this winter season. What caused a lot of troubles in the rest of Europe is business as usual in Moscow and just slows things down (a lot)...
14/11: Moscow Car Crashes
If you are a Moscovite you know that driving in Moscow is challenging, sometimes it can be dangerous....
There is a little after work event on Wednesday I would like to invite you to. Come early, have some food, drinks and network. Later we'll pull the tables away and open the dancefloor. We'll have an early ending at 2 AM, since we all have to work next day.
