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Mongolia day 7 – Trans-Siberian to Beijing

We transfer to the station at 7.20am for the last leg of our journey to Beijing.  This train is definitely the best yet;  spotlessly clean and the toilets have proper toilet seats and loo freshener, so they smell nice too!  … Continue reading

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Mongolia day 6 – Trans-Siberian, Ulaan Bataar

Today is sunny and warmer, but still quite chilly particularly out of the sun. 10am we transfer to Ulaan Baatar by coach and a 4* hotel.  Back to civilisation and the delights of a proper shower and comfortable bed!  We … Continue reading

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Mongolia, day 5 – Trans-Siberian, Tourist Ger Camp

It’s sunny but very windy making it quite chilly.  We have a free day at the Ger camp.  Andy has decided to go for an hour’s riding which is arranged with local Nomads who bring horses to the camp each … Continue reading

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Mongolia day 4 – Trans-Siberian, Tourist Ger Camp

Today is Andy’s birthday and the weather is sunny but windy.  We are leaving our Nomad hosts and making the long 8-hour trip to the tourist ger camp, which is on the other side of Ulaan Baatar.  It is a … Continue reading

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Russia day 20 – Trans-Siberian to Ulaan Baatar

All day on the train travelling to Ulaan Baatar, capital of Mongolia.  We had been warned to expect a lot of waiting around at the border crossing between Russia and Mongolia – and it wasn’t an exaggeration.  We arrive at … Continue reading

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Russia day 19 – Trans-Siberian, Ulan Ude

Today is another lovely day – blue skies and sunshine.  Our guide, Andrei, picks us up for our second  day trip which involves an hour’s drive to see Ivolginsky Datsan which  is the centre of Buddhism in Russia.  This Lamestary … Continue reading

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Russia day 18 – Trans-Siberian, Ulan Ude

Arrived in Ulan Uday at 6.15am – it is dark and very cold!  Ulan Uday is the capital of Buryatia which is a semi-autonomous region of Siberia.  It’s main claim to fame is an  enormous Lenin’s head in the central … Continue reading

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Russia day 16 – Trans-Siberian, Listvianka Lake Baikal

It rained all night and was still raining this morning when we got up for breakfast at 10am.  How nice to have a lie in for a change!  Today we have a free day – nothing to do but please … Continue reading

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Russia day 15 – Listvianka, Lake Baikal

We wake up to rain and mist – a very unpromising start for our all-day hike in the forest.  We debate whether we should go, but after breakfast the weather is brightening up and we meet our guide, Sacha and … Continue reading

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Russia day 14 – Trans-Siberian to Irkutsk

Weather is sunny and warm.  Arrived in Irkutsk at 9.10am with an immediate transfer by mini bus to Listvianka on Lake Baikal.  The station is extremely busy bordering on the chaotic and it is here that you realise just how … Continue reading

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