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October 17th 2008

Published: January 10th 2012

The train from Beijing used to travel east through the Great Wall at Badaling, where we had been a couple of days ago, but since late 2007 takes a new route north of the city that avoids the steep climbs and switchbacks of the old route. Even so, the new route is spectacular as it winds up through the mountains and valleys of the San Gan river towards Zhangjiakou where the old caravan route betwee... Read Full Entry

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30th January 2012

cabochick
Andrea

Excellent! I'm so glad you posted a blog on this area. I loved it. UB like you said was pretty sad but yet interesting.

31st January 2012

John and Sylvia
John Wallace & Sylvia Bowman Wallace

Thanks for the comment
It seems that our paths were similar although our stay at Lake Baikal (in the next blog - soon!) was on the north side at Listvyanka.

28th December 2021

Never too old
Linda

Mongolia
I loved Mongolia. I enjoyed Ulanbattar. Knowing nothing about its history, I enjoyed the shopping and the people enjoying a sunny day. I stayed in a hotel the first three days. recuperating from my hellish China fiasco. Then I found a wonderful hostel and booked nine days in the Gobi. I have never seen prettier sunrises and sunsets. The people were friendly. One lady invited me to eat with her family in a restaurant where I had gone on my first night in the city. She was thrilled to meet an American, and wanted to hire me as a tutor for English.

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