Vodkatrain

  • Beijing bound

    [slideshow] Following a 6am start to catch the 7.15am train from Ulan Bataar to Beijing and an interesting border crossing and bogie change interlude we arrived in Beijing the following day at 2.15pm, with mixed feelings about where we had been and what lay ahead. The last leg of the journey was the plushest train yet…LED…

  • All aboard the Vodkatrain

    [slideshow]It shouldn’t have worked…a Lawyer and a Fishmonger from London, a special needs Teacher from Bristol, a trainee Solicitor from Newcastle, a Scottish Care worker and Oil rig assistant from Aberdeen, a Hospitality Manager from Melbourne and a PR Exec from Nottingham…but as it turned out, I couldn’t have asked for a better bunch of…