Overland into Mongolia
October 30th 2006 It is often said that the journey is just as important as the destination and (my apologies for the cliche but...) this is certainly true for the overland trip to Ulaanbaatar. The train trip from Beijing to UB is a 30-hour journey on the Trans Mongolian express which passes through the Gobi dessert. I've been told that it's the same model train as the Trans Siberian and travels part of that rout
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