Train Travels An attempt to travel back from Japan to the UK without boarding a plane..

Got last minute tick borne encephalitus jab before I left Tokyo,  and was assured at the clinic that I'd be able to get shot #2 easily in Beijing. So, armed with a list of Beijing hospitals courtesy of Yukiko (thanks!) and at the lst minute the British consulate, I started my Beijing trip by ringing round the hospitals, trying to find one with the vaccine.  Two hours on the phone; 3 taxi rides and two hospitals later, got what I needed.  Also cost a mear six dollars (compared to 160 in Tokyo), plus got dinner invitation from curious nurse who wanted to know why I'll  be camping in Siberia for a total of 4 weeks.  Answers of back of a postcard...