China travel stories

Route in China (CHINA - Xi'an)

Xi'an This is the train station where I arrived in Xi'an after taking the night train from Datong. I had shared a six bunk hard sleeper section with two men and two girls who ignored me so ...

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Route in China (CHINA - Datong)

Datong Inner Mongolia's grasslands are very much like Outer Mongolia's but the higher population density on the Chinese side becomes apparent soon after crossing the border; trees have been...

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Route in China (SIBERIA - Ulan-Ude)

Ulan-Ude I had no internet contact here so I arranged to be met at the station by Sergei Prikslavskie who operates a reasonably priced homestay. Sergei spoke no English nor French and his German wa...

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Route in China (SIBERIA - Irkutsk)

Irkutsk Soviet days were over but getting a Russian visa was just as difficult and expensive as it was during the cold war. I was lucky to avoid the greedy clutches of Intourist by purchasing, via ...

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Route in China (SIBERIA - Trans Sib. Train)

Siberia The scenery stays the same on the Russian side after the border town of Zabaikalsk, flat grassland sometimes sown with wheat. A relatively new and handsome Siberian duplex house in Chita....

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