So I'm in internet access range. Yes I am doing the trans-mongolian, and yes it is possible to get from beijing to london by train!
Some pictures. Our train goes to Irkutsk near Lake Baikal tommorrow
all photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/87771135@N00/
New Beijing terminal:
New Beijing Airport Terminal express. Powered by a linear motor, so no overhead electrification
Beijing Dongzhimen subway station
Bubble Cube.Couldn't get a good shot. Tons of security,etc.
transmongolian train
Ulaanbataar Station
Constructivist Soviet-Mongolian friendship memorial
Solar Powered Ger!
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Man that must be an awesome train trip....
interesting, a good friend of my greg cowan has been in the UB for the past year. he is helping with setting up and training ppl in the architecture school there.
see
http://nomadologist-nomadology.blogspot.com/
Amazing!
I can remeber seeing a solar panel in a village we stayed in in Northern Thailand and wondering if the developers of Solar power knew how much influence it would have in changing these ancient ways of life. I know you can't deny remote people the right to access mod cons but at the same time it seems a shame that you can watch Oprah in Mongolia.
Enjoy!
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