Beijing, China
From Ulaanbaator we spent another lazy day and night on a super duper clean Mongolian train, with little to do but sit back, drink beer in the company of fellow travelers, as the Gobi desert flew past the spotless windows. This did also include, on top of another set of long border procedures, the added excitement of four hours of clattering, shunting and lifting of the carriages at the Mongolian Russian border, as the train wheels beneath us were changed out f...