From Moscow to Beijing by train. Last part : Welcome to China !
Here is the last thread about my train journey, in July 2010, from Moscow to Beijing.
The links towards the first threads : Moscow Across Siberia The Great Baïkal Going to Mongolia ! Ulan Bator and the surroundings Experiencing the Gobi desert 1- Waking up on board, after the exhausting crossing of the Mongolia-China border (see the sixth thread) : http://imgur.com/PihaM.jpg 2- It's amazing how the lanscape has suddenly changed so much in one night while previously, it seemed that it changed so slowly day after day. http://imgur.com/uQs3h.jpg 3-Passing by Datong. Huges Appartments blocks going up : http://imgur.com/yLxfq.jpg 4- http://imgur.com/NhwvI.jpg 5- Yes, we can see it... the Great Wall of China ! http://imgur.com/0b8EH.jpg 6- http://imgur.com/ldl4f.jpg 7- The train passes by a lot of industrial zones in northern China : http://imgur.com/Gw1uz.jpg 8- http://imgur.com/xn0BE.jpg 9- http://imgur.com/rij1p.jpg 10- http://imgur.com/olQbI.jpg 11- Little houses and new appartments blocks : http://imgur.com/nFDyI.jpg 12- http://imgur.com/hU45j.jpg 13- No idea of what that means... but as an european tourist, chinese characters seemed so exotic, that I had to take the pic ! http://imgur.com/uy1Dc.jpg 14- Trucks... I love them. http://imgur.com/P5cc4.jpg 15- Another stop in a train station : http://imgur.com/bvoEm.jpg 16- http://imgur.com/RPGk0.jpg 17- First bicycle seen in China. I had to take that pic ! http://imgur.com/AYqDL.jpg 18- http://imgur.com/6NGOo.jpg 19- http://imgur.com/fMMip.jpg 20- A huge catholic (?) church in the middle of chinese countryside. I didn't expect that. http://imgur.com/st3Xr.jpg 21- http://imgur.com/ByYhb.jpg 22- Chimneys. We see hundred of them in China on the way to Beijing : http://imgur.com/uWmIa.jpg 23- The most striking difference between China and Mongolia, as soon as we crossed the border, was that quasi-permanent fog due to high level of humidity. http://imgur.com/BK4ed.jpg 24- Before arriving at Beijing, the train passed through a spectacular valley : http://imgur.com/whdjG.jpg 25- http://imgur.com/jdj8O.jpg 26- http://imgur.com/VAxXC.jpg 27- http://imgur.com/VI2ho.jpg 28- Workers along the tracks : http://imgur.com/QyGTh.jpg 29- The outskirts of Beijing : http://imgur.com/3Sj7P.jpg 30- http://imgur.com/5a6RW.jpg 31- http://imgur.com/Y6HVy.jpg 32- http://imgur.com/w58iS.jpg 33- http://imgur.com/tUtNs.jpg 34- http://imgur.com/IrqTR.jpg 35- After 9,001 km on a train since Moscow..., here we are, Beijing !!! Goodbye the train ! http://imgur.com/4eAoD.jpg 36- Outisde the Beijing train station. Lot of people... and the heat, plus humidity, is unbearable. http://imgur.com/Y78vO.jpg 37- http://imgur.com/NgiRd.jpg 38- http://imgur.com/tu5Ys.jpg 39- Beijing's sky... a subtle mix between humidity and smog. Positive side of it : we can stare at the sun, in the middle of the day, without any risk. http://imgur.com/Be8Hn.jpg 40- Mao and the Forbidden City : http://imgur.com/QGmYc.jpg 41- http://imgur.com/nf64L.jpg 42- http://imgur.com/I42dw.jpg 43- http://imgur.com/IVStE.jpg 44- http://imgur.com/TNdMa.jpg 45- http://imgur.com/FUmyu.jpg 46- http://imgur.com/BzQSU.jpg 47- Visiting the Great Wall in the middle of this fucking mist : http://imgur.com/sFHMf.jpg 48- http://imgur.com/IQC2f.jpg 49- http://imgur.com/ifE7t.jpg 50- http://imgur.com/HSbOK.jpg 51- Visiting the Forbidden City. I think it's the greatest pic of all my trip : http://imgur.com/d6gyz.jpg 52- http://imgur.com/QtYi5.jpg 53- http://imgur.com/qcM9U.jpg 54- So many people. So much heat and humidity. Not the greatest conditions to enjoy the visit : http://imgur.com/LL9Wi.jpg 55- http://imgur.com/MffjZ.jpg 56- http://imgur.com/iucdJ.jpg 57- http://imgur.com/0SCGS.jpg 58- http://imgur.com/xYI1v.jpg 59- http://imgur.com/RQjtN.jpg 60- Beijing is like the clash between extreme modernity and extreme dereliction : http://imgur.com/mlawS.jpg 61- http://imgur.com/3h7BL.jpg 62- http://imgur.com/0KPxf.jpg 63- Grandpas playing dominos in the park : http://imgur.com/tb9KT.jpg 64- Grandmas dancing on sino-eurodance music in the park : http://imgur.com/sreWJ.jpg 65- http://imgur.com/qIsJ0.jpg 66- http://imgur.com/rZDuF.jpg 67- Beijing's alley : http://imgur.com/OMDxO.jpg 68- Seeing a Kung-Fu Shaolin show at the Red Theatre : http://imgur.com/QDnob.jpg 69- http://imgur.com/hnWDj.jpg 70- http://imgur.com/c4MAJ.jpg 71- In the subway of Beijing. Extreme modernity : http://imgur.com/g5PFU.jpg 72- Just a pic of the hotel where I stayed for three nights : http://imgur.com/hJSdw.jpg 73- A night bar near my hotel. They didn't have Heineken actually. http://imgur.com/n33fx.jpg 74- http://imgur.com/YIdZe.jpg 75- In front of a restaurant, early in the morning : http://imgur.com/tQqMr.jpg 76- Don't look at me... I'm just a tourist ! Listen to your Chef ! http://imgur.com/WZRcQ.jpg 77- http://imgur.com/ryH92.jpg 78- http://imgur.com/9Dyii.jpg 79- http://imgur.com/44HME.jpg 80- http://imgur.com/4omfZ.jpg 81- http://imgur.com/MfP5Z.jpg 82- http://imgur.com/MmqFz.jpg 83- http://imgur.com/JGG8x.jpg 84- http://imgur.com/9oic5.jpg 85- http://imgur.com/xOBQ5.jpg 86- http://imgur.com/JqxRV.jpg 87- http://imgur.com/fBPYH.jpg 88- http://imgur.com/Zhc5J.jpg 89- Here is the view from my hotel room, on the 6th floor : http://imgur.com/oWfxh.jpg 90- http://imgur.com/6vaAz.jpg 91- http://imgur.com/S66X0.jpg That's all ! It was time to fly back to Europe, after three days in Beijing. Some funny personal facts about my stay in Beijing : - I eated in numerous chinese restaurants, but also, for the first time of my life, in a KFC. - ....and for the second time of my life, I eated in a Burger King (first time was in London back in 1997). I have to say they have particularly tasty burgers. Why there isn't any BK in France ? well, whatever... |
I viewed the whole series, amazing!
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great voyage! youre really lucky to have experienced it.
i hope to do something similar in my future. |
amazing........what a great collection of photos and interesting story.....
please make a BOOK out of your experiences..... I hope to take the same trip someday..... thanks for sharing.... |
I liked the whole series of pictures. I couldn't believe there is a highway so close to the Forbidden City. And I caught how that one wall there needs a paint job. The smog is of some concern though. It probably was from the summer heat :tup: :)
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Great pictures!
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Can't thank you enough for this tour.
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Excellent. :tup:
Thanks so much for the great tour. |
Inspiring and spectacular journey, thanks for reminding me how much more of the world there is to see and experience.
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Awesome tour!!!!
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Thanks so much for sharing your adventure with us...I enjoyed every part of the series! What a journey!
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I miss China so bad, your trip is like the most epic ever. One thing though, most smallish Chinese cities are terribly depressing looking and ugly. How much did the train ticket cost for all that?
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There are several European-based travel agencies specialized in Transsiberian trips. With all the formalities to get the visas and the train tickets, it's much more convenient to pass by them. Thanks to all for the comments. |
Amazing trip - great finale - what an amazing place.
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Thanks for sharing! I have enjoyed each part of this series.
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Great series, though. Loved every thread. |
Easily one of my favorite forum photo series I've ever seen. Thanks for the memories!
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I Love the smog/mist!!! That grittiness just made my day :)
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awesome, thanks again for the tour.
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Thanks alot for this impressive and very good foto trip all the way from Moscow to Beijing.
and that photo from the forbidden city is very good indeed it has several key things that makes it great 1. its a photo of a very famous place 2. the two chineese teenagers clining togheter on the right side 3. the family on the left side of the picture wich also is trying to take a picture while one kid is hanging on his mothers arm. 4. and there is a also a person with alot of luggage behind the teenagers that looks kinda intresting and generally through this foto tour i think you hawe captured the essence of the different places very well |
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