Our train in motion

Mongolian train madness

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August 27th 2007
So, after a rather pleasant night in Irkutsk we were up early to cath the 6.00am train to Ulanbaatar. Once on the train we realised we were sharing with one of the other guys on our trip Adrian. We opened our cabin door to see probably the dirtiest cabin you have every seen, a far cry from our train from Russia, and it seemed every carriage was the same. It was also full of boxes of goods the Mong ... read more

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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