Noreen, Carmel and I always wanted to make a documentary about the Hazaras. They are widely unknown, yet there are so many of them spread all around the world. Apart from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq one of the largest communities is in Australia. And as our ex-flatmate Carmel lives and works in Sydney now, plus Noreen having family over there it only lend itself to visit. I spontaneously decided to join Noreen on her trip for 3 weeks... to do some filming, and I always wanted to go to Mongolia... and I couldn't say 'no' to seeing Carmel again after not seeing her for 1 1/2 years! So I was very excited!
Mongolia March 2008 - Yay! :)You can only get to Mongolia via Beijing, so I also decided to check out Beijing a little. I flew into Beijing and stayed until the following evening the first time round. Then I flew to Ulaanbataar, capital of Mongolia, to meet Noreen who had been out there already for 2 weeks. On our way back we took the Trans Mongolian Railway, a 30 hours trip back to Beijing...
The TransMongolian train - my best train ride ever.
Ah Beijing! This is at the summer palace.We spent another 4 days in Beijing and then flew to Sydney, my final leg and Noreen's start of a 4 week stay, before visiting Tokyo. I stayed for a week. And saw Carmel again!!! Yay!
My postcard picture of Sydney.
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I don't think that's totally accurate. Last time I checked, you could also get to Mongolia from Moscow or Seoul. I flew to UB from Seoul last February.
Yes, I think you can get to UB from most cities in Asia. I should have said: "The best way to get to UB from London is going via Beijing." Certainly that was true for me because I have been to Seoul but never to Beijing...
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