First day and we are underway.  Stopped at Chilliwack for dinner and it was huge! But good, too.  Bus ride most comfortable and I dozed intermittently as is typical.  Put me in a moving vehicle and I’m off.
We passed a gigantic warehouse which is being readied for a grow op for marijuana.  Unbelievable.
We got our agenda for the trip and we go to some pretty exotic places...Kazan,Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, lake Baykal,Ulan-Bator,Erlian of course, Amsterdam, and Beijing and Moscow.
Lovely sunset right on the Fraser river