The Trans-Mongolian Railway

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Andrewmueller's experience was in Москва, Russia. He went on 03 of June 2001 for 14 days. He went for adventure. Andrewmueller went with just me. He got there and around by train. andrewmueller's verdict is: you must go here.

There are reasons why cliches become cliches, and the reason that the Trans-Mongolian railway - along with its Trans-Siberian and Trans-Manchurian tributaries - appears on so many lists of great trips taken and cherished travel ambitions is that it is simply one of the most splendid adventures readily accessible to most tourists.

This is still a working railway, not a heritage attraction, and a major part of the fun is the unpredictable and occasionally volatile cast of soldiers, diplomats, businesspeople, families, bootleggers and drunks who will share your compartment for various stretches of the trip. With a rucksack filled with good books and good whiskey, and judicially plotted stop-overs - a couple of days at Lake Baikal, near Irkutsk, a weekend in Ulan Bator - a fortnight on the Trans-Mongolian is a matchlessly thrilling and ennobling exercise in travel for the sake of it.

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asa says...

I really, really want to take this trip! Do you have any pictures?

Posted 516 days ago.
Charlotte says...

I have also been wanting to take this trip. Can you let me know where you left from, and where you arrived? How much did it cost? thanks

Posted 516 days ago.
andrewmueller says...

Started Moscow, finished Beijing. As for cost, can't recall, but these people organised it - www.regent-holidays.co.uk/Trans_Sib.htm - and they have prices starting at £1110.

Posted 516 days ago.
RB says...

when did you go? I've heard there's a best time to see lake Baikal but can't remember when it is.

Posted 473 days ago.