mega update #2: Beijing to Mongolia - by Lilly
February 18th 2009 well done! you made it past part one and onto part two, which in my opinion is much more interesting.
The trans-mongolian train from beijing to ulaanbaatar was scheduled to take 30 hours, and our coach was decorated in a very train-y way as alice put it - all orangey carpets and wood panelling. we had 2 carriage attendants who didn't seem overly impressed with us, a coal powered water heater w
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