GOBI DESERT TO BEIJING AND HANOI
October 13th 2007 i am now in a hot and sultry hanoi, capital city of vietnam, having arrived this morning from a much colder beijing, via a 36 hour train journey. was glad i could view rural china from the comfort of my sleeper cabin rather than having to endure it for real! (ive done china before in 2004, and didnt like the experience much.... anything worth seeing is usually swarmed over by large uncouth domest
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