Ni hao, Beijing!
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Ni hao, Beijing!.] I woke up at the Datong station. I’d slept about seven hours, but decided that I wasn’t going to miss crossing this part of China. I was in a new …
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Crossing the Mongolia - China border by train
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Crossing the Mongolia - China border by train.] Attention Lonely Planet! You might want to update your information for the next run of your Trans Siberian Railway book, …
Adventures in Mongolia
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Adventures in Mongolia.] We’re back in Ulaan Baatar after a few days out in the Mongolian wilderness. It’s a brief return — we hit the #24 train to Beijing at 8:00 …
A little scoot around Ulaan Baatar
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: A little scoot around Ulaan Baatar.] We arrived early this morning. We were up by 5:00, but only arrived an hour later or so. After a sort-of-nap (couldn’t sleep), we …
More Russian train stuff
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: More Russian train stuff.] Okay, quick update…So Continuously Welded Rail (CWR) doesn’t exist coast-to-coast. After we left Ekaterinburg, we went to jointed rail. …
Crossing the Russia - Mongolia border by train
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Crossing the Russia - Mongolia border by train.] We knew this was going to be rough. We knew this was going to be long. It wasn’t as bad as we thought it might be, but …
Da svidanya Rossiya
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Da svidanya Rossiya.] Well, we’ve reached the end of our time here in Russia. Tomorrow morning, early, we’re off to Mongolia. And a 10+ hour border-crossing, so we’re …
The last Russian stop
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: The last Russian stop.] We’re in Ulan Ude now, having arrived a bit later last night than scheduled. (Mind you, it took a half hour to walk from the train to the hotel.) …
Listvyanka and Lake Baikal
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Listvyanka and Lake Baikal.] The cold seems to be slowly moving away. It hit me a little harder than it did Amy, so while she dealt mostly with the sniffles, I’ve been …
Alive in Irkutsk
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Alive in Irkutsk.] You know that feeling you get, when you’re finding yourself walking down a street in a dream, and you’re not sure if you know where you are, but you …