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Hanoi to Hue
My journey from Hanoi to Hue on the Reunification Express, and exploring Hue’s ancient past.
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Beijing… Scams and smog
A smoky start to our Chinese odyssey…
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Mongolia: Travel level 100+
Frustrated plans and re-routes in Mongolia
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Mooching around the desert
A wander through the Gobi Desert, breakdowns, off-roading, camels and freezing tents.
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Meeting Genghis
A wander around Ulaanbataar.
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Horsing around, and the art of serendipity
Ulaanbaatar wanderings, and meditations about horses.
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Into Mongolia
Another stint and some new friends on the Trans-Mongolian train, a lovely train assistant and a dive into the craziness of Ulaanbataar.
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Into Siberia
New friends on the Trans-Siberian, and a lot of vodka.
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Flying stop in Yekaterinburg
And so onwards… I must stop being so ‘flappy’ about getting to train stations on time. I’m always alright and haven’t missed a connection yet (Famous last words). It didn’t help that I was rather hungover leaving Moscow and therefore left it tighter than I’d have liked. However, I found Yaroslavsky station in good time…
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Moscow calling…
I arrived in Moscow dead on time the next morning. Russian trains in my experience so far are extremely punctual, even when they run more than the length of the UK. Or indeed many multiples of the length of the UK! As we pulled into Leningradsky station the familiar travel apprehension crept in, not helped…
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