April 2007

Bankers. Alien to me

April 30, 2007

It’s starting to sink in now, I’m actually going travelling. Firstly, I’ve seen the credit card statement containing the £325 payment for the Trans-Siberian railway. Secondly, I’ve seen the state my current accounts overdraft is in after HSBC failed to cancel umpteen direct debits and now gleefully charge me £25 per transaction for their error. […]

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All hail the King…

April 24, 2007

“Strrrrrrrike one!”. I’ve made my first significant step on The Trail. I’ve booked the Trans-Mongolian train route from Moscow to Beijing via Ulaanbaatar. Some people may confuse this with the Trans-Siberian when in fact the Trans-Siberian is made of 3 routes – Moscow-Mongolia-Beijing (the Trans-Mongolian), Moscow-Manchuria-Beijing (the Trans-Manchurian) and Moscow-Vladivostok (the Trans-Siberian).

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My train of thought changed…

April 20, 2007

I spoke too soon. I thought it was a bit weird that i was actually sticking to a plan. The day started with a grand plan to fly into Tokyo and negotiate my way to Beijing via Ulaanbaatar with, what i imagined to be a combination of steam powered airplanes. But the day ended with […]

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WOW! Miller

April 19, 2007

24 hours or so later and I’m amazed to still be thinking along the same lines as yesterday i.e. fly into Tokyo for a week, then onto UB then down to Beijing. Against my better judgment i called twinkle-twinkle-little STA Travel yesterday, but just as i was getting somewhere the fire alarm bellowed leading to […]

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Ulaanbaatar or bust

April 18, 2007

I’m slowly putting into perspective how confusing planning a trip of this magnitude is, I’m just concentrating on the first month and the rest can fall into place. I want to leave July 1st and want to be in Ulaanbaatar (UB), Mongolia from 11-13th July for the Naadam Festival to take advantage of the all […]

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Life begins, at 24.

April 17, 2007

Ok, so I won’t use this first post as an official launch as I haven’t actually told anyone about the site yet! BUT, I guess I should get utilising it for it’s initial purpose. That’s the thing with being relatively new to building websites/blogs, you get so carried away with the process that you forget […]

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