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Trans Manchurian Moscow to Beijing - Part one

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August 16th 2008
Yaroslavsky 08/08/08 After watching the Beijing opening ceremony on TV in the hostel, we gather our things for the walk to Yaroslavsky station (about 40 minutes away) including many kerbs and underground crossings of big roads with about 50 steps down and then up. Chris’s new super strength trolly is now carrying his ‘fun’ bag and the laptop bag - both of which are really, really he ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more