When stuck on a train you do stange things to bottle lids

The Trans-Mongolian experience

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May 14th 2007
I'm sitting in the basement bar of our hotel sipping a cold beer (first cold one for many days) and relecting on the past week on a train. It's been amazing. As soon as we arrived at Yaroslavl train station in Moscow we met Mats (Swede), Rob and Tim (Dutch). They were wandering around checking where our train was or would be pulling in. They had berths in the carriage along from us so we knew ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more