by Calvin Sun | Jan 13, 2017 | China, Fit for Foodies, The Nightlife, Walking Tours, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
It was a nail-biting 5 hours of booking last minute hostels, flights, and a 5am car service after our group missed our overnight train from Beijing to Xi’an by a frustratingly mere minute. We ended up at Chinese Box Hostel...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 11, 2017 | China, Crisis, Fail, Fit for Foodies, Walking Tours, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
After yesterday’s shenanigans on 2 trains, we slept in for about 3-4 hours before having to wake up for a 7:10am arrival at Beijing Railway station, thus formally and sadly concluding our Trans-Mongolian Railway journey. After picking...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 10, 2017 | China, How Did You Do That?, Serendipitous!, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
After a quick and yet harrowing stopover in Erlian at the border between Mongolia and China, we spent the next 8 hours on the train passing the time by mostly eating, talking, looking out the window into the Gobi desert, and engaging in depth...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 10, 2017 | Border Crossing, China, Crisis, How's the weather?, Mongolia, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
After a bit of too much drinking on the train last night and sleeping in at around 2am, we woke up at 9am for the border crossing from Mongolia into China at Zamin Uud. Although it was a lot less serious than the crossing between Russia and...
by Lei Zhao | Feb 17, 2014 | August 2013: Lei Goes to China, China, Crisis, Doctor in the House, Guest Posts
The following is the last of 4 guest posts on China by Lei Zhao, who continues to contribute to the Monsoon Diaries adventures time and time again. Lei Zhao and I have been close friends since 7th grade of middle school. Saying that we’ve been through a...
