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Originally Posted by crwilli
Yes, I was thinking about the Theroux book. Until I lived in China, I thought that trip would be cool. 
Could never have convinced my wife to do it after her woman's trip to the Silk Road where she stayed in a "Four Star" hotel that had an open channel in the floor for sink water to drain from room to room. That was in Kashgar on the very western border.
My apologies to Dave for the slight diversion! |
Craig, if Dave doesn't mind the diversion going a bit further, here's a couple pics for you guys from that fateful trip - first is me at the station, next is a one of the train in Mongolia, and a young lady I met as she was moving from Beijing to Budapest. We'll celebrate our 25th anniversary next month. 
About 12 years ago we did a silk road trip, starting in Urumqi, so we didn't get quite as far west as Kashgar. Train back then from Xi'an to Beijing was 24 hours; with the high speed network today, it must be much, much faster.
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