March 5th 1984
To our surprise, Hassan was not far off being on time this morning. That was just as well, for by […]
transport – rail
March 12th 1984
The day started very oddly. I’d been lying awake for some time, + eventually, feeling it must be near enough
March 28th 1984
It was a long journey, nearly 16 hours, but we have had many which have been shorter + worse. Even
June 11th 1984
At about midnight we stopped at a station + quite a lot of people got off, + I took the
June 12th 1984
We slept a little overnight, tho’ not nearly as much as we had expected, seeing as we must have been
June 20th 1984
The sleeping car made all the difference, + I don’t think that, on longer trips, I will want to travel
June 26th 1984
Started off the day with dumplings for breakfast, brought to me in bed by Val. We became heartily sick of
July 2nd 1984
We breakfasted at the hotel, hoping really that we might be able to get a Western-style meal. However, we didn’t
July 3rd 1984
We were awoken early by the switching on of the lights, ready for an early arrival in Luoyang, tho’ we
July 6th 1984
In keeping with the general molly-coddling we’ve had on the train, one of the conductresses made sure we knew that
July 7th 1984
We’d looked forward to returning to the dumpling shop for b’fast, so it was disappointing when we discovered that it
July 11th 1984
But, of course, I managed, one always does. In the end I slept on the floor, flat on my back,