Beijing and The Great Wall
June 23rd 2009 The journey from UB to Beijing passed relatively easy. I was sharing a cabin with my German 'friend' and 2 Argentinian boys. We had fantastic views of UB on the way out of the city highlighting just how sprawled out, disorganized and slum like it is. We were quickly into the Gobi dessert with eternal views of nothing except random farmers on horseback with a flock of sheep or stranger still a coup
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