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Word: balor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...days, 7865 kilometers, Peking to Moscow via Ulan Balor, Irkutsk, Novisibirsk and Omsk. Taking the Trans-Siberian railroad shouldn't be this easy. Just allow two weeks in Pecking: After making a reservation at the China International Travel Service (CITS), report to the Russian Embassy to apply for a free transit visa. A week later, pick it up and present it to the Mongolian Embassy, which in a single day will grant you a transit visa for $2, payable only in U.S. dollars. (As a penalty for not recognizing the People's Republic of Mongolia, Americans pay double) Then return...

Author: By Sylvia C. Whitman, | Title: A Trans-Siberian Journey | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

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