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Abe wrote:Anyway, speaking of vaguely oriental trips, I got it into my mind today that it would be cool to travel the Trans-Mongolian Railway at xmas time. You start in Beijing, make your way through Mongolia, and end up in Moscow (or St. Petersburg, if you're adventurous). I was pricing it out though, and I don't think I can afford it this xmas.
Must be a nice trip indeed, but I wouldn't do it at xmas time, must be wayyy too cold
Besides during xmas break if I were you I'd go to the Comiket
Flights from London to Tokyo are 14 hours long.
Flights from Moscow to Tokyo (which are closer together) are 22 hours long. Why is this, you may ask: it does not make sense! Well, all flights from Moscow to Tokyo (that are in normal people's price range, i.e., $1200 instead of $12000) are routed through PARIS. Yes, the one in France.
Now there's something wrong here, because my brother went to Japan last summer and he was flying from Paris and had to change in Moscow.And there's no way he could afford to fly with one of these crazy expensive companies. Want me to ask him what he used between Tokyo and Moscow, how much it was and how long it took??
Abe,
I remember laughing at the same thing. I was living in Koshigaya (Saitama) for a year, and I never got to Kyoto cause a trip on the shinkansen cost as much as a week all expenses in guam at the time.
Shoulda taken one of the bus trips, oh well... just another reason to return
I've never heard saipan to be expensive from Japan.
Heres what I find funny... I'm from Toronto, a trip to Hawaii from Toronto (atleast what I remember) was about 2k CAD. I could actually get to Hawaii cheaper by flying to Tokyo and from Tokyo to there than a direct flight... still a matter of roku-man en though
I was pricing it out though, and I don't think I can afford it this xmas.
