The vastness of Beijing airport makes Heathrow Terminal 5 look like a
“Can we take your picture please?” She is about seventeen and accompanied
I am a little stunned to arrive in Beijing; it is quite
My eighth and final train takes me from Ulan Bator to Beijing.
22nd March There are not many guests in the camp; apart from
21st March In preparation for arrival at Ulan Bator I get up
The Trans-Manchurian line runs from Irkutsk to Ulan Bator and on to
The dog sledging centre is based in the valley high above Listvyanka
A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless.
A week on and I am still being struck by the ironies – the worst toilet on a 5,500 mile journey
The vastness of Beijing airport makes Heathrow Terminal 5 look like a provincial bus station. Inside I watch the check-in crew
“Can we take your picture please?” She is about seventeen and accompanied by three generations of her family. Standing in the
I am a little stunned to arrive in Beijing; it is quite the largest city I have been in since I
My eighth and final train takes me from Ulan Bator to Beijing. It is by far the most modern and well
My last day in the camp and we are invited to visit the nomadic home of Bachka who lives nearby (at
22nd March There are not many guests in the camp; apart from our guides there is Kevin, a fuel technician who
21st March In preparation for arrival at Ulan Bator I get up at 5.00am and do the Indiana Jones thing over
The Trans-Manchurian line runs from Irkutsk to Ulan Bator and on to Beijing for the next leg of the journey. The
I spend the day in Irkutsk before catching the train that takes me to Ulan Ude and then over the Mongolian
The dog sledging centre is based in the valley high above Listvyanka in the heart of the pine forest. The centre
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