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DAY 10 - Suhbaator to Erlyan - 682 miles (total miles 6195)

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May 14th 2006
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Train : 'No.004' Moscow to Bejing (6th day on the train). Its dawn over the Mongolian Steppes and the sun is starting to spill its light through the undulating hills onto the plateaus beyond and our winding route towards Mongolias capital, Ulan Bator. I see many Yurts on the hillsides, some of them secure in fenced enclosures possibly to keep wild animals away. The Yurt is the round rigid tent wi... Read Full Entry



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Clive Simpson
TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY
TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY
This journal records my travel on the world's longest railway journey the 'Trans-Siberian' as part of a 7,650 mile trip by train from Northwich in the UK to Shanghai in China in May 2006 taking 13 days, passing through 9 countries and 9 time zones. The journal covers the planning and preparation in the months leading upto the day of departure, and a daily log of the trip, including the places I will have seen and the people I have met. It also includes the activities after arriving home such as updating... full info
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Stopped for a another train to pass.
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Still climbing the Steppes.
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No, the train isn't about to go over the edge of a hill, it bends to the right.
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Just completed a 360 degree loop, but gained a few feet in height in doing so.
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Still climbing the Steppes.
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Still climbing the Steppes.
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Another passing place.
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Station Master standing to attention.
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Climbing up the Steppes ..... towards the Gobi Desert.
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Cattle roaming free approaching the Gobi Desert.
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Railway workers houses and school.
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Man on horseback moving his cattle.
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'One lump or two?' .... a small group of camels.
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Man on horseback taking a foal to the market in Choyr.
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Settlement near Choyr.
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Our train at Choyr station.
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Choyr station.
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Statue of the first Mongolian cosmonaut behind Choyr station.
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Choyr station.
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Freight loco about to depart Saynshand station.
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Saynshand station.



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