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Re: recording date in Salford

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Eric LoganSep 10, 2010
 

 
I'm bored on a Friday night, so I looked this ridiculous question up.  The answer is 'long' (your only option involves the Trans-Siberian Railroad), and you have to get yourself to Ho Chi Minh City.

HCMC -> Hanoi: ~34 hrs
Hanoi -> Beijing: ~42 hrs (includes 3hr layover in Dong Dang at the border)
Beijing -> Moscow: ~151 hrs (just under a week!)
Moscow -> Köln -> Brussels -> London: ~63 hrs (this trip is well-documented)
Total: ~290 hrs, plus changing trains and whatnot, and then the train to Manchester (another 2-ish hrs, which should be peanuts by this point).  You could maybe do it in two weeks (336 hrs), but why not take your time and stop off along the way?

It's also possible to train it from Singapore to Bangkok and thence take a short bus jaunt into Vietnam, or take a cruise ship (cargo ship?) from Sydney to Hong Kong or Singapore, but you're on your own for those.  This page may be useful: http://www.seat61.com/Australia-overland.htm

Oh dear, I'm geeking out on the wrong material for this list, aren't I?

--E

 
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