Another day on the train today. We left the hotel around 6am for a 7.30am departure from Ulan Bator. The route took us through the Gobi Desert and while a remote and desolate landscape, it nevertheless had a raw beauty about it. Despite being desert we saw quite a lot of animals including camels, horses, cattle herds and a local variety of deer. Slightly less...
At last, a day off! The relentless pace of the trip has slowed slightly today as we have a day completely to ourselves in Ulan Bataar. For the morning we decided to have another wander around the Gandan Monastery. It was much quieter today and we managed to get into another of the temples. Besides, it was worth going again just to have another look at the giant...
On February 17th we start our journey to Hong Kong from St. Pancras. From London we head for Paris for one night and then on to Moscow via Berlin and Warsaw. At Moscow we board the Trans-Siberian via Ulan Bator to Bejing and then on to Hong Kong via Xian and Shanghai. The distances between each stop are: 0km London492km Paris1542km Berlin2092km Warsaw3348km...