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Category Archives: Matryoshka, White Christmas and Reindeer Burgers
Smugglers, Buddha & the Old Believers
Rivalling the Orient Express We boarded train 263# at 9:10pm for a 24+ hour trip across the Mongolian-Russian border, bound for Ulaan Ude. We had half hoped for the luxury of a cabin to ourselves but were also … Continue reading
Posted in Matryoshka, White Christmas and Reindeer Burgers, Travel
Tagged Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Russia, Ulan Ude
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Steppe-ing out in Mongolia
Train 23# Although it may not be the ‘authentic’ experience, we were lucky enough to get a 4 berth cabin to ourselves for the trip from Beijing (8:05am 10 November) to Ulaan Baatar (1:20pm 11 November). Highlights included copious amounts … Continue reading
Posted in Matryoshka, White Christmas and Reindeer Burgers, Travel
Tagged Mongolia, Trans Siberian
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Clay People and Dumplings
Xian The city of Xian itself is fairly nondescript. It is neither particularly old nor particularly modern, the roads are incredibly busy and it is very hard to get a sense of location or overall character while you are there. … Continue reading
Posted in Matryoshka, White Christmas and Reindeer Burgers, Travel
Tagged 798, Beijing, China, Great Wall, Xian
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While you were working…
Here are a couple of pics from my first week in China. I will jump on and caption them once we’re somewhere without restricted access to WordPress. Assuming they display in the order they’ve uploaded (and if not good luck!), … Continue reading
F*#book and Pandas
APOLOGIES FOR ANY AWFUL FORMATTING- THIS IS BEING EMAILED IN DUE TO BLOGGING RESTRICTIONS IN CHINA (see below) So flights are flights. They can be really bad, or okay but never amazing. Mine fell into the ‘okay’ category. The usual … Continue reading
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