Oct 2, 2008 - Off To Inner Mongolia

Cool, huh? Can you see that happen in the US or in Europe? Met the headmaster of an English school in Chifeng. ... Chifeng means red mountain and is where a lot of red and Black marble and gemstones come from. ... I wonder if there are opportunities in the grasslands? They have a lot of mining in Chifeng Nelson told us and we do mining training but I am not sure I want to go in a mine here!!!!!!! I saw lots of cats in Spain but only one here and it was guarded and on a leads. ...

Sep 28, 2006 - Huhhot- "Hello Hello!"

The first place I get to visit in China and the last stop on my trans-Siberian railway trip is Huhhot, the capital of the 'Inner Mongolia autonomous region' province.The first place I get to visit in China and the last stop on my trans-Siberian railway trip is Huhhot, the capital of the 'Inner Mongolia autonomous region' province....

Aug 25, 2005 - Datong

Location Datong - or there abouts, can't remeber where we camped.Location Datong - or there abouts, can't remeber where we camped....

Jun 28, 2005 - Crossing the border: Manzhouli to Chita

So when my taxi in Manzhouli was rear-ended it came as little surprise - frankly, I was amazed it had taken this long for an accident to happen. ... I'd met them on the night train from Harbin to Manzhouli. ... Manzhouli is booming, profiting from local coal mining and a vigorous cross-border trade that saw practically every sign in town rendered in Cyrillic as well as Chinese. ... In stark contrast to the affluence and relative order of Manzhouli, Zabaikalsk presented a rather pathetic and shambolic front. ...

Jun 19, 2005 - Weekend in Inner Mongolia

Haioooo! (Chinese equivalent of Yee-haw) I'm back from my weekend in the wild grasslands Inner Mongolia - a much needed escape from the smog of Beijing and my first chance to truly see the "real" China.Haioooo! (Chinese equivalent of Yee-haw) I'm back from my weekend in the wild grasslands Inner Mongolia - a much needed escape from the smog of Beijing and my first chance to truly see the "real" China....

Jun 2, 2004 - Trans-Manchurian: Bogey changing

Isambard Kingdom Brunel spent months experimenting and calculating the optimum distance between railway tracks (gauge) before building his London to Bristol line, chosing seven feet.Isambard Kingdom Brunel spent months experimenting and calculating the optimum distance between railway tracks (gauge) before building his London to Bristol line, chosing seven feet....