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The train trip to Moscow resulted in a cabin with two Russian guys and an older Russian woman. They seemed to share their time between the corridor and the cabin, obviously disliking each other’s behaviour. The guys were nice though, a little too much at…

The Train Ride Part 4 – Yekaterinburg to Moscow

16 December 2007

Leaving at two o’clock in the afternoon (Moscow time) and arriving in Yekaterinburg at four o’clock in the afternoon (Moscow time) two days later, this journey was the longest stretch on the train. It was also fairly uneventful, with people preferring to stay in their…

The Train Ride Part 3 – Irkutsz to Yekaterinburg

16 December 2007

The UB-Irkutsk train was the second longest and definitely the worst train journey of the trip. It started off in flying colours with the arrival of a Mongolian family on the Mongolian side of the Russia-Mongolia border, where we had arrived at some point in…

The Train Ride Part 2 – Ulanbaatar to Irkutsz

16 December 2007

I arrived at the train station bright and early to catch the first of the train legs. I then met Vicki and Suzy, mother and daughter from England, who were to be my travelling companions for the next two weeks. We got comfortable on the…

The Train Ride Part 1 – Beijing to Ulanbaatar

16 December 2007

I took off to Xian way too early in the morning, with way too much stuff. After cursing my way through both Wuhan and Xian airports, I decided that I needed to send stuff home and cried my way through… but I need those jeans,…

A mountain, a theft and a double bicycle…

24 November 2007

It comes time to leave Wuhan and I leave it with teary eyes. I’ll miss the place, even when I’m back in Australia not having to dodge unidentified piles on the ground. I’ll miss my friends, whether they are Chinese or foreign. And in the…

Farewell Wuhan

18 November 2007

In an attempt to say that I have been everywhere in Wuhan, I dragged Brittany and Jennifer along to see a few places that I hadn’t yet been to. First stop was the internationally recognised “Yellow Crane Tower”. According to legend, Yellow Crane Tower was…

The Rest of Wuhan

15 November 2007

When Steve asked me if I liked shopping, I didn’t realise that if I said ‘yes’ I would be on my way to Guangzhou for a day simply to go shopping. Guangzhou is a major tourist destination about twelve hours train-ride from Wuhan. We left…

Shopping in Guangzhou

23 October 2007

Rob Shaw decides to get married. Rob Shaw decides to get married in Shanghai. Rob Shaw decides to get married in Shanghai during the week of Chinese National Day. So determines my holiday. Excited about seeing Rob get married, I get into a taxi on…

One Wedding and a much needed Holiday

5 October 2007

Well, it’s three countries if you are like most Hong Kong ese and consider themselves separate to China… Basically, I went to Hong Kong to meet the folks and took them to Macau and also to Shenzhen in China. Mum and Dad were flying through…

Three Countries in a Week

4 September 2007

From Lijiang, we headed out to Tiger Leaping Gorge on a public bus filled with the inevitable smoke and bodily fluid smell. Have I ever mentioned how spitting and peeing can be and are done when needed, regardless of location? Anyway, we arrived at the…

Yunnan Encounters – Tiger Leaping Gorge

5 June 2007

Well… after a short stint back in the office teaching my kids, I headed back out into the rest of China. This time it was off to the beauty of Yunnan province with a Gecko’s tour through the region. I was pretty excited about this…