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OVER THE ATLANTIC — It’s over! And I can’t quite believe it. I’ve ridden a Mongolian horse, seen Lake Baikal, toured the Hermitage, discovered Georgian food, admired Lenin’s corpse, and much much more. Over a little less than 3 weeks, we spent 158 hours on the train, and covered about 6,000 miles (some of it [...]
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THE BORDER BETWEEN ASIA AND EUROPE — Today is our last full day on the train — hurrah! — and since I’ve already told you about what we do and what we eat onboard, I thought today I’d tackle the question of what the digs are like. For all of our train rides within Russia, [...]
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THE MONGOLIA-RUSSIA BORDER — In case you were wondering what it is we do all day on the Trans-Mongolian, here’s a snapshot of our second train leg, which took us from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to Irkutsk, Russia. 9 p.m. Board train in Ulaanbaatar So far, all of our trains have been remarkably on-time. Train 263 from [...]
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I’m writing this from a hotel room in Beijing, where I’ve come to catch a train to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. This will be the first leg of my trip on the Trans-Mongolian Railway. As with the Trans-Siberian, there’s no single Trans-Mongolian train; the term simply refers to the route between Moscow and Beijing [...]
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This weekend’s trip to Anhui Province turned out to be much more eventful than expected, and provided a good reminder of something I often forget: that although “waiguoren” (foreigners) in China have to put up with shouts of “laowai” and other irritations, a Western appearance can also get you utterly unmerited special treatment when you [...]
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In December, a new Chinese rail line claimed the title of fastest train in the world — and it just so happens to run right through Changsha, where I live. So when a work conference was scheduled for Guangzhou, the southern terminus for the line, it was the perfect excuse to test out the new [...]
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This is the last of three posts on traveling in Japan on a budget. In previous posts, I wrote about the cost of a trip to Japan and the Shanghai-Osaka Ferry. Dan and I set off for Japan last month armed with very little in the way of research under our belts. We had a [...]
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Questions about train travel drive a relatively large portion of this site’s traffic, according to Google Analytics, and a recent perusal of search terms suggests that the topic deserves another look. My guide to train travel in China is a good place to start for answers to your basic questions. Look there for answers to: [...]
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Thanks to Ashley for the tweet that inspired this post: @ashleyindallas Women who have traveled solo in China: I need your advice, inspiration, and tips! @ashleyindallas me! Thank you I think China is probably one of the easiest countries for women traveling alone. For one thing, there are almost always people around! Even when I [...]
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