Trans-Mongolian Railway

here i go!

my berth compartment

enjoying the magnificent view

lunch with a russian french-canadian and chinese-speaking romanian:
train restaurant

tea boiler

first stop:
sweet little chinese boy waves, wishing me a good journey

and we're off again...

chinese border: erlian

meeting interesting people at the border control:
a free-spirited californian and a shaman-seeking japanese man

exiting china and entering mongolia...

car #1 mongolian train-master, keeping everyone under control

waking up to see my first ger:
slept and missed seeing the gobi at night

vast beauty

Welcome to Mongolia!