{"id":2,"date":"2019-10-30T00:05:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T00:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2019-11-21T23:47:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T23:47:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Edinburgh to Hong Kong by train is (approximately) 8,246 miles or 13,270km.  It&#8217;ll be the longest train journey I&#8217;ve ever made!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why am I going from Edinburgh to Hong Kong by train?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s an adventure!  I love travelling by train, there&#8217;s something about train travel that feels exciting, adventurous and romantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2007 I&#8217;ve tried to cut down on taking flights, choosing to take holidays by train, to limit my climate change impact.  Budapest in Hungary, and Oslo in Norway are the furthest I&#8217;ve travelled by train from the UK, so far&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019 I&#8217;m going to visit family in Hong Kong for Christmas,  I&#8217;ve wanted to travel on the Trans-Siberian railway for ages and now&#8217;s my chance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-circle-mask\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Susan-Love-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Susan\" class=\"wp-image-40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Susan-Love-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Susan-Love-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Susan-Love-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How long will it take?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In total the journey from Edinburgh to Hong Kong by train will take 13 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes a little bit of time to stop off on the way: overnight in London, lunch in Amsterdam, one night in Berlin, a day exploring Moscow, a couple of nights in Yekaterinburg, 24 hours in Irkutsk in Siberia, a night in Beijing, then arriving in to Hong Kong on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What route am I taking?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The route I&#8217;m taking is below.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1ycrC494rEgOC8BTdiUx4-AOhbL0qgTT7\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1ycrC494rEgOC8BTdiUx4-AOhbL0qgTT7&amp;usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Click to view map in a new window (opens in a new tab)\">Click to view map in a new window<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>My journey includes the Trans-Siberian Railway route from Moscow to Irkutsk in Siberia, Russia, and the Trans-Mongolian Railway route from Irkutsk to Beijing, China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll be taking 8 trains in total:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Edinburgh \u2013 London<\/li><li>London \u2013 Amsterdam (Eurostar)<\/li><li>Amsterdam \u2013 Berlin<\/li><li>Berlin \u2013 Moscow (part of the &#8220;Paris to Moscow Express&#8221;)<\/li><li>Moscow \u2013 Yekaterinburg (&#8220;Trans Siberian&#8221; route)<\/li><li>Yekaterinburg \u2013 Irkutsk (&#8220;Trans Siberian&#8221; route)<\/li><li>Irkutsk \u2013 Beijing (&#8220;Trans Mongolian&#8221; railway)<\/li><li>Beijing \u2013 Hong Kong<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Countries I&#8217;m travelling through:  UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more on the route: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/train-route\/\">How to get from Edinburgh to Hong Kong by train<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh to Hong Kong by train is (approximately) 8,246 miles or 13,270km. 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