The Trans-Mongolian Railway meant many days on the train with its interesting Mogol traders. It also meant crossing into a new continent and a new city at the end, Moscow
Trisha has some of her best experiences on this trip so far with a Mongolian family in their ger. However, her travel companions have a bad time of it with pick-pockets
Beijing turned out quite wonderful for Trisha, largely due to the people she met in her hostel. The same cannot be said, however, for the crooks who tried to smuggle her across the border into Mongoli
Shade is a luxury in Turpan where temps can reach 50°C. Trisha is doing her best to see important sights, but the prices keep going up as she goes along.
Trisha is ready to start smelling like an Uyghur if it means she gets to eat more of their Shish kebabs. And Kashgar's famous Sunday Bazaar was perfect for what Trisha likes best - people-watching.
More bus woes with long journeys and bogus bus insurance, but Trisha is enjoying visitng the monasteries and lusting after the hunky and handsome Tibetan monks.
Trisha's trip didn't get off to a great start as her backpack failed to arrive with her. After tracking it down she spent some time in the cultural towns of Dali and Lijiang in China.
Trisha's using varied forms of transport to get her around China. A 13 hour hard seat train, a 4 day horse trek and a bumpy 7 hour bus ride to the remote town of Zoige
