It’s early on Wednesday morning, and we are getting ready for our 8:10 a.m. train to Mongolia. This is where our adventure really begins — with the 30-hour ride on the Trans Siberian Railway from Beijing to Ulan Bator.
Crap. More than 30 hours without Internet? Quite possibly without even plugs to charge devices? What will we do?
I’m guessing there will be a lot of reading (Kindle charge lasts forever!) and card playing (totally analog). I think exploring the trains and exploring platforms during stops could be pretty cool. And I hope we’ll meet interesting travelers along the way.
Signing off, here goes!
That sounds like a horrible window of time! You should consider a portable charger:
http://lifehacker.com/five-best-external-battery-packs-509802431
Love your updates.
If only it was a battery issue – at least we’d have had access for a while. The problem was wireless access; if you can believe it the train doesn’t have WiFi! How long before that’s just universal?