Wikitrain to Wikimania HK - Wikimania-l

Thomas Dalton

18 Jan 18 Jan

12:35 a.m.

And I thought the 25 hours it took to get from London to Gdansk was a long time... On Jan 17, 2013 10:54 PM, "Seb35" <seb35wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Hello, Добрый день, Three years ago some crazy Wikimedians (whose I was) travelled by train through Europe to join Gdańsk for Wikimania. This year I intend to join Wikimania Hong Kong by train from France, mainly with the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Chinese trains. The travel can take a minimum of about 2 weeks (of intensive train :), but it would be more comfortable to take more time; the price seems to be about 300-400 € (+food, visas, etc…), so probably less or similar than the airtravel of ~800 €. Does anyone is interested to join me? You have time if you want think about. If we are some people interested in Europe, we could join in Deutschland before continuing the 10k km :) ~ Seb35 [^_^] ______________________________**_________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l<https://lists…

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Shujen Chang

7:52 a.m.

I recommend you take the Beijing-Guangzhou High Speed Railway in China, than you can transfer train from Guangzhou to Hong Kong. I'm planning to train to Hong Kong to (from China), so maybe I can join you in Beijing-Guangzhou&Guangzhou-Hong Kong line. and attention, you must apply for a Chinese visa if passing China, the Hong Kong visa is not valid in China. On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:53 AM, Seb35 <seb35wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Hello, Добрый день, Three years ago some crazy Wikimedians (whose I was) travelled by train through Europe to join Gdańsk for Wikimania. This year I intend to join Wikimania Hong Kong by train from France, mainly with the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Chinese trains. The travel can take a minimum of about 2 weeks (of intensive train :), but it would be more comfortable to take more time; the price seems to be about 300-400 € (+food, visas, etc…), so probably less or similar than the airtravel of ~800 €. Does anyone is interested to join me? You have time if you want think about. If we are some people interested in Europe, we could join in Deutschland before continuing the 10k km :) ~ Seb35 [^_^] ______________________________**_________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l<https://lists…

-- Sincerely, Shujen Chang

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Deryck Chan

11:43 a.m.

IIRC by Wikimania 2013 the Hong Kong-Beijing direct train will have switched to the high speed system. On Jan 18, 2013 7:55 AM, "Shujen Chang" <i(a)blue.cat> wrote:

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There's also a railway line from Beijing to Kowloon, but that line is slower and less confortable than the Beijing-Guangzhou High Speed Railway Line. On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Shujen Chang <i(a)blue.cat> wrote:

I recommend you take the Beijing-Guangzhou High Speed Railway in China, than you can transfer train from Guangzhou to Hong Kong. I'm planning to train to Hong Kong to (from China), so maybe I can join you in Beijing-Guangzhou&Guangzhou-Hong Kong line. and attention, you must apply for a Chinese visa if passing China, the Hong Kong visa is not valid in China. On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:53 AM, Seb35 <seb35wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hello, Добрый день, Three years ago some crazy Wikimedians (whose I was) travelled by train through Europe to join Gdańsk for Wikimania. This year I intend to join Wikimania Hong Kong by train from France, mainly with the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Chinese trains. The travel can take a minimum of about 2 weeks (of intensive train :), but it would be more comfortable to take more time; the price seems to be about 300-400 € (+food, visas, etc…), so probably less or similar than the airtravel of ~800 €. Does anyone is interested to join me? You have time if you want think about. If we are some people interested in Europe, we could join in Deutschland before continuing the 10k km :) ~ Seb35 [^_^] ______________________________**_________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l<https://lists…

-- Sincerely, Shujen Chang

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Deryck Chan

11:28 a.m.

Seb, Good to hear the wikitrain is running again! Book your Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, and China visas early. I would've joined but I can't get myself organised enough to apply for a HK passport when I visited my parents there for Christmas, so I'm afraid I won't be on the wikitrain this year. (UK and Russia have practically severed relations so it's hard for Brits to get Russia visas now) Deryck On Jan 17, 2013 10:54 PM, "Seb35" <seb35wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Hello, Добрый день, Three years ago some crazy Wikimedians (whose I was) travelled by train through Europe to join Gdańsk for Wikimania. This year I intend to join Wikimania Hong Kong by train from France, mainly with the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Chinese trains. The travel can take a minimum of about 2 weeks (of intensive train :), but it would be more comfortable to take more time; the price seems to be about 300-400 € (+food, visas, etc…), so probably less or similar than the airtravel of ~800 €. Does anyone is interested to join me? You have time if you want think about. If we are some people interested in Europe, we could join in Deutschland before continuing the 10k km :) ~ Seb35 [^_^] ______________________________**_________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l<https://lists…

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Andrew Gray

3:42 p.m.

On 17 January 2013 22:53, Seb35 <seb35wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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This year I intend to join Wikimania Hong Kong by train from France, mainly with the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Chinese trains. The travel can take a minimum of about 2 weeks (of intensive train :), but it would be more comfortable to take more time; the price seems to be about 300-400 € (+food, visas, etc…), so probably less or similar than the airtravel of ~800 €. Does anyone is interested to join me? You have time if you want think about. If we are some people interested in Europe, we could join in Deutschland before continuing the 10k km :)

I would love to, but I don't think I have the time this year :-) It might be practical for a group with less time to fly into Beijing and take the (one-day) sleeper from there, though... -- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk

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