"Groovy"There was a day 7 on the train.Confused the hell out of us, as the journey only takes 5 days and 20 hours, but there you are.Since the JWs got off the train we were blessed as nobody got on in their place, so we were really living the high life. We were so excited with everything that we couldn't even decide which bed to sleep in...Although the night trip through the Gobi Desert had filled the cabin with sand, but that was fine and dandy.Last night at...

"Dirty"There isn't a shower on the Trans-Mongolian Express.I thought I'd wait until now to throw that out there. Unless you have a first class cabin like some kind of loser, there is no shower. No bath, no anything. Well, not quite anything.There's a toilet.And in the toilet is a sink.You may think that a train toilet is quite an unpleasant place to have a wash, and you'd be right. You would also be forgiven for thinking that due to the fact there...

Then train stopped opposite another train at around 5 in the evening. Whether this was 5 in the evening by Moscow time, Beijing time, Ulaan Baator time or British summer time is anybody's guess and not particulary relevant to the story.Our heads were poked out of the window watching the world go by when we noticed an attractive girl looking at us from the opposite train. She smiled, then lifted up her top. Unsure of what to do in such situations, we nodded ap...

"To be honest, I have a problem with the whole idea of the talking snake. I mean even if it didn't talk, and just sort of plonked the apple down and nodded towards it, I'd be suspicious" -- Alan PartridgeVinny didn't get any sleep night before last, and I didn't get any sleep last night. It's funny. There's nothing to do when you can't sleep. This is mainly because there's nothing to do when you're awake. Less so at night when ...

"Another glorious day on the train. A day on the train is like a day on the farm. Every meal a banquet, every mile a pleasure. I love the train!"By day three, I had started to forget how much time we'd spent on the train. We didn't have things like watches or alarm clocks, so quickly adopted a sleep when it's dark, eat when hungry approach to living. Well, apart from the eating, as we had very little money.When the train stopped at stations many local...