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Out The Train Window From Moscow To Beijing

(via) French filmmaker Stanislas Giroux edited down three weeks of summer travel through three countries along the Trans-Siberian railway to just three mesmerizing minutes:

I took a train ticket for the Trans-Siberian railway, in order to reach Beijing from Moscow, crossing Mongolia. I travelled alone with my bag, half-filled with my video gear. At that time, I didn’t knew that my ticket for that seat 22 would be the beginning of a once in a lifetime journey…

But seriously, how does one not naturally expect that Moscow to Beijing by train will prove to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience?

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