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On The Rails — Sochi to Ulaanbaatar

As I write, it’s 5:30am in Ulaan­baatar, the cap­ital of Mon­go­lia. Through the win­dow of my host’s flat I can see the pale orange of the morn­ing sun pick­ing out the shapes of the new indus­trial com­plexes and apart­ment blocks that are sprout­ing at great speed. After a couple of years they will be crum­bling, [...]
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