By Train From Beijing to Saint Petersburg 2013

Sunday 2 June. Roughly 22 hours after my first flight departed Dulles, I alit in Beijing and it was Sunday morning. Think about this for a minute: I left Washington between 20:30 and 21:00 Friday night. My two flights and layover …

Friday 31 May. The adventure has begun. Since I squeezed three weeks of clothes and other necessities into a single – and consequently – heavy carry on, I opted to try to arrive at the airport several hours before my …