Because travelling makes us happy!
Let’s start the trip on rails As soon as I arrive at the railway station of Ulan-Ude, the atmosphere of the Trans-Siberian caught me immediately. From the overpass I can see a wonderful steam locomotive on my left side while on the right side, people are already waiting on track number 1 the train that …
A relaxed walk downtown For my second day in Ulan-Ude, I don’t have any great plan. Yesterday was a very hard day, full of things and lacking sleep and furthermore, I’m already mentally focused on my trip on Trans-Siberian that is going to start soon. My train to Chita will leave at 16:45 and, as …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Three full days here? Maybe not enough. This is my third full day in Xi’An. Such a long stay is not so common during my trip. At the end of this, when the circle I’m drawing around the world will be completed, I’m sure there will be not so many places ahead Xi’An in this …