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Poland – Warsaw and Wroclaw.

Posted on 22/05/2007 by haonowshaokao

With the Baltics over so quickly I found myself with 5 days in hand to visit Poland. The first was taken up almost entirely by a ridiculously lengthy bus journey from Vilnius to Warsaw. I suspect that we must’ve had … Continue reading →

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Baltic States

Posted on 19/05/2007 by haonowshaokao

I left Helsinki on a boat and in a rush. The plan had been to get to Prague by Mayday, a date that had been revised to first the 5th, then the 10th. With my flight out scheduled for the … Continue reading →

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Helsinki

Posted on 14/05/2007 by haonowshaokao

I took an upmarket European train from St Petersburg to Helsinki. There were laptop points, waitress service and TVs, but no hot water for my tea. Back to Europe Proper. The border check was over in about 10% of the … Continue reading →

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St Petersburg

Posted on 11/05/2007 by haonowshaokao

Another inexpensive plaskart train took me to St Petersburg, a little quicker than I’d have liked. I managed to get to sleep around 2am. We were woken at 4.30am, a good hour before the train arrived. Fortunately the hostel reception … Continue reading →

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Moscow

Posted on 07/05/2007 by haonowshaokao

I took a third class ‘plaskart’ to Moscow, which was about a third of the price of a second class ‘kupe’ ticket and a lot more interesting. Within 20 minutes of boarding I’d bumped into the Australians I’d met in … Continue reading →

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Ekaterinburg

Posted on 24/04/2007 by haonowshaokao

I missed my train out of Irkutsk by reading the date as the time. It was an easy mistake to make, but it cost me dear. The next train was at 2am. My bed was in the coupe section, but … Continue reading →

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Irkutsk and Lake Baikal

Posted on 19/04/2007 by haonowshaokao

On my train into Russia I shared a cabin with a Chinese girl who refused to speak to me until she found out I wasn’t American. “I hate America,” she said, “I hate war. I love China. I love Russia. … Continue reading →

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Mongolia

Posted on 11/04/2007 by haonowshaokao

There’s only one train a week from Beijing to Mongolia, and I very nearly missed it. After a night out drinking with John & Macro and a half-hearted idea to stay up all night I finally fell asleep at 5am, … Continue reading →

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Great Wall

Posted on 08/04/2007 by haonowshaokao

While I was in Beijing I took a day-trip to see the Great Wall. Here are the photos. In places it was more of a climb than a walk.

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Beijing

Posted on 06/04/2007 by haonowshaokao

After more than a month travelling in China, I got to Beijing on Saturday, a week later than planned. An astonishingly quick 13-hour sleeper train took me from the t-shirt weather of Shanghai to the biting cold of the north-east. … Continue reading →

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