Train And Great Wall

Trans-Siberian Part 4 - Ulaanbaatar to Beijing

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September 28th 2006
Well our time ran out in Mongolia and our guides dropped us at the train station in Ulaanbaatar at 7am. Turns out we were sharing with Sarah and Greg which was great. James and Alex were just next door and sharing with some backpacking nutters in army fatigues who carried torches and knives with them at all times. The train was slow and it took a long time to reach the Mongolian border with Ch ... read more

Europe » Russia

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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