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Monthly Archives: July 2013
In Which We Reach Ulaanbaatar
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6 June. By 06:30 or so I’d had enough sleep and, apparently so had my cabin mates John, Anne, and Groud. This meant I was able to fish out my camera from my bag without disturbing anyone and snap a …
In Which We Transit From China to Mongolia
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5 June. We’d already had some early mornings but today was our earliest of the trip – up at 05:30 to muster in the lobby by 06:00. Everyone arrived on time and after a short walk we schlepped our luggage …
In Which We Visit The Great Wall and Have a Bit of Unexpected Excitement
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4 June. Thank goodness for Groud. She’s loaned me her adapter into which I’ve plugged my computer and am at last charging my phone. However, I’m sitting in the room because you need the room key to get power to …
In Which I Discuss the Events of the Afternoon and Evening of 3 June
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3 June Afternoon. At the end of the tour, the group split up. In what would prove to be a rare occurrence, Groud went off to make travel arrangements leaving all of us on our own. I don’t recall where …
In Which We Visit Tiananmen Square and The Imperial and Forbidden Cities
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Monday 3 June. As promised, we had an early start today. (Tomorrow’s will be even earlier.) We met in the lobby at the appointed time of 07:30 and tromped around the corner as a troupe to grab some breakfast at …