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Tibet was easily one of the most anticipated places in our journey. We arrived Lhasa in the early evening and were immediately aware of how special of a place we were in. The city of ove

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Terracota Warriors, Rusty Bikes and Sweet Potato Doughnuts. Xi’an, China

Both my grandfathers were farmers, I wonder would it would be like if one of them stumbled upon one of the world's greatest archaeological discoveries. I bet they would have gotten a litt

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The Great Rehearsal. Beijing, China

October 1st was to be a big day, a very big day in China, the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. This celebration would be on the same scale as the Olympic celebration.

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The Great Wall and Good Luck in Beijing, China

Looking out the train window as we arrived in Beijing, we prepared for cold and possible rain by how gloomy it looked outside. Then we walked out of the train into the haze to be hit with extreme he

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Travel Design : Peek into a Mongolian Ger

I am not sure if I could be a nomad and live my whole life in a ger but I would have enjoyed staying longer. Beau and I stayed in a ger hotel for two days in the Terelj National Park. Te

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Wide open spaces: the Mongolian countryside

We've been experiencing the extremes of personal space. Spending some time in the most wide open country we've ever seen was a shock to our systems after being confined to a train ca

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It’s Chinggis, not Genghis. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Just after the train rounded one of the rolling green hills of Mongolia we could see the haze of Ulaanbaatar on the horizon. Ulaanbaatar is a city of well over a million people, but it's

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Video: The Trans Mongolian Express

The World Effect travelogue video 23: Trans Mongolian Express from The World Effect on Vimeo. This is our video of the first 24 hours of our ride on the Trans Mongolian Express from Moscow

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