Mongolia and Trans-Mongolian train journey - Ulaanbaatar to Beijing

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September 17th 2006

Published: September 19th 2006

Ulaanbaatar - capital of Mongolia Arriving in Ulaanbaatar during a snow fall wasn't the most auspicious of starts. However, the wonderful Mongolian people made our welcome about as warm as we could ask for. After the reserve of the Russians, the wide smiles and charm of the Mongolians was a nice change. And so many of them spoke English. We felt extremely spoiled. We only spent one day in Ul... Read Full Entry

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Daren Grover & Abbie Reynolds

Dal and Ab

We're moving to NZ - Abbie going home and Daren bumming along for the ride. No 24 hour flight for us - we're trying to keep our green credentials by going back overland - yep, Europe and Asia by ferry, train, bus but not plane! The journey kicks off on 7 June. Our current itinerary (and this will change as we discover we can't stick to our budget) looks something like this: Scotland, Newcastle, ferry to Amsterdam, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany... AND then the exciting bit: St ... full info

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23rd September 2006

steve grover
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hello daren and abbie, mongolia looks cool better than westham, even with our two new argie superstars. Its great being a grandad, george is 5 weeks today, getting biggerand fatter by minute. alls well here look 4ward 2 next diary entry. love every1xx

2nd October 2006

Ross & Steve
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G'day Sweeties!
Hi Guys, Looks like a brilliant trip! Let us know if you need a place to stay in Sydney on your way through. Have a great time time Vietnam - we hired a scooter for a day in Hanoi which you might want to try - it was fantastic. Take care, Ross

4th October 2006

Sez
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Hello
Just makin gsure you are okay, not heard from you in a while and looking forward to the next installement. All well in Sweden, darkness is upon us early and well summer is for sure OVER given the 4 thunderstorms we have had in the past week. Love you lots Sez

10th October 2006

Andrea Sheridan
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Loving it
Firstly congratulations. Perhaps you could fit in a baby too? Loving the diary although very heavy going for a single sitting. Thoroughly envious. Any chance you could mail me a set of four flights to join you?

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