Mongolia
October 17th 2008 The train from Beijing used to travel east through the Great Wall at Badaling, where we had been a couple of days ago, but since late 2007 takes a new route north of the city that avoids the steep climbs and switchbacks of the old route. Even so, the new route is spectacular as it winds up through the mountains and valleys of the San Gan river towards Zhangjiakou where the old caravan route betwee
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