Beijing One : Tourists, Trains, Snobbery and Silk Markets
July 2nd 2011 Eighteen hours on a train, one way, for a three day trip seems, even I will admit, a little odd. Given that the delay we had, thanks to a huge storm on the way back, brought the total travelling time to forty hours - far more than half the time we were there - it looks even more strange. It is, however, just one of the things that you need to accept if you want to visit anywhere other than the cit
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