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Our fancy double-decker sleeper train arrives in Urumqi from Kashgar (23 hours). This was our first train ride in China. We were amazed at how nice and comfortable it was. © www.uncorneredmarket.com.
Dan jumped out of the train and onto the platform at one of the stops on a marathon 24-hour train ride from Urumqi to Lanzhou in China and found these delicious steamed bun dumplings. Ground meat, onions, carrots and some sweet spice. Perfect with a cold beer. Read more about our visit to Xiahe, China.
Colorful Tibetans stand out against the sepia toned mountains of Xiahe, China. Read more about our visit to Xiahe, China.
Our train ticket between Bukhara and Samarkand on the fast train. The cashier literally cuts around the numbers in order to create the receipt: 6950 sum.You'd think that a train ticket would have a set price, but each tourist we talked to paid something different (between 4,000 - 9,000 sum) for the exact same ticket.Ticket office officials, in bouts of creativity, throw in additional insurance fees and other random fees. An accurate representation of how things work in Uzbekistan. For more reading on Uzbekistan:www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/a-real-peek-at-uzbekista...www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/11/uzbekistan-overchargistan/
Our friends Sharan and Rajiv give us a ride on the back of their motorcycles in Chandigarh, India. A bit of an adrenaline rush after a delicious lunch at their place. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
This Nepalese man struggles to hoist his goat on top of the local bus - named Sweet Remember - from Besisahar to Bhulbhule at the beginning of the Annpurna Circuit trek in Nepal.He sat atop the bus with his goat for the entirety of the bumpy (and occasionally harrowing, precipice gripping) hour-long ride. Read more about our Annapurna Circuit trek. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
On our return to Luang Prabang, we figured that the safest boat taxi around would be the one with the TV, so we jumped in.Read more about Ban Xieng Maen.
A quick stop to check tires on the way from Ushguli to Mestia. The jeep was packed with eight rather large (probably drunk), singing (screaming?) men.It's never a boring time in a shared jeep in Georgia. Read about our visit to Svaneti and the rest of our visit to Georgia.
Another dry moment at the desert stop of Jerbent, Turkmenistan.
A delivery, possibly of potatoes, to a home in the old town of Kashgar, China..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
A classic transport scene in Central Asia: old Soviet-era car (Lada, Moskvitch, Zhiguli - take your pick), wheezing Soviet schoolbus and new-ish refurbished Audi (probably shipped from Germany after it failed inspection). Read more about Kyrgyzstan's sights and cities and our Ramadan feast at Song Kul Lake.
A knock-off Harley version of a Lao tuk-tuk.
A trip across Europe by plane, train and bus, from Estonia to Turkey, and back west to Portugal. Come join us.© www.uncorneredmarket.com
17 hours from Guantanamo to Havana. That's all it takes. Drinks in sealed plastic bags, odd passengers swatting at cucarachas and interruptions by melodic vendors of bocaditos and African chocolates mark our cross-Cuba overnight odyssey.© www.uncorneredmarket.com
A truck was overturned in one of the craters after cresting a steep hill. As the road looked iffy at best, we all decided to get out of the truck and let the driver navigate this obstacle alone, without our weight.This cow could have cared less and simply continued to eat.Read more about this boat journey from Siem Reap to Battambang.
Our bus to Almaty from Shymkent. More reading:www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/kazakhstan%e2%80%99s-pos...www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/kazakh-reflections-mount...
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A truck was overturned on one of the steep hills. As the road looked iffy at best, we all got out of the pick up truck to allow the driver to navigate without 20+ people in the car. This cow watched us with amusement.
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A tuk tuk slows down for the stop sign on one of Luang Prabang's busy streets.
Another cyclo driver catches a wink in Phnom Penh's mid-afternoon heat.Read more about Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Being the dry season, water levels were low and the water was a turbid brown.The exhaust coming out of this and other boats (including ours) was a heavy black particulate and would make an environmentalist cry. As most people in this area are in survival mode trying to keep food on the table, care for the environment is not at the top of their priority lists.Read more about this boat journey from Siem Reap to Battambang.
