Riding the iron rooster
Paul Theroux invites you to join him on the journey of a lifetime, in the grand romanttic tradition, by train across Euope, through the vast underbelly of Asia and in the heart of Russia, and then up to China. Here is China by rail, as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of one of the most intrepid and insightful travel writers of our time.
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- Start with some train travel books. I enjoyed reading Paul Theroux Riding the Iron Rooster before and during travel around China.
- I read this years ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_the_Iron_Rooster
I havent gotten to do the TransSiberian but this book led me to spend a few weeks in Mongolia.
When I was young I took a train from Toronto to Vancouver with my grandparents. A great memory.
