Riding the iron rooster
by train through China
by Paul Theroux · first published 1988
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Describes the author's travels by train in every province of the People's Republic of China.
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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.
on “World Train Map – 1247 train routes around the world” ↗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.
on “The world’s longest train journey now begins in China” ↗