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A different Ulan-Ude

Leaving the airport to the town I left you in my previous post, while I was mentally frozen after hearing the captain mentioning ground temperature: -31°. As you may imagine the airport of Ulan-Ude, also known as Baikal International Airport, is not too big. The status of internationality is mainly due to few regular flight …

Back to Siberia

Memories from the past. June 28th, 2017, 12:19. I woke up early (3:00 AM) to catch the train to Ulan-Ude that I’m now leaving, letting it go to his destination. There are still 3.650 kilometres before the ending of the legendary trans-siberian railway. Unfortunately my visa allows me to spend only two more days in …

Reaching Shanghai

From Xi’An to Shanghai Shanghai, its name is enough to evoke the spirit of China maybe even more than its capital Beijing or at least this is happening to me. It is also the place where are mostly taking place the stories of inspector Chen written by the Chinese writer Qiu Xiaolong. For these reasons …