Taking a trip is a popular leisure choice for many, and often our holidays are short, so we have to choose the fastest transportation options.

High-speed trains and airplanes can allow us to reach our destinations in just a few hours. It seems no one remembers trains anymore.

But it’s not entirely the case. For people with ample time, there are many choices to take leisurely train journeys, enjoying the scenery along the way.

Today, we’re talking about the K3 train.

This train departs from Beijing, passing through three countries, crossing Mongolia and finally arriving in Moscow, Russia. The entire journey takes 127 hours.

It’s a journey across the Eurasian continent, with 6 days and 5 nights on the train, which is frustrating for some, but a journey in itself for others.

Regardless of how it is, this train is not a budget travel option, as the lowest ticket price is around 3500 yuan, which is a bit more expensive than flights.

A package ticket costs 5674 yuan, which is not cheap.

After departing from Beijing, the first stop is Zhangjiakou South Station. The scenery here is beautiful, with the Lingxi Mountains of Yan and you can see them without obstruction. Leaving the smog-filled and congested capital, from this point on, we formally enter the relaxation journey, with endless delicacies for your eyes.

The K3 train arrives at the Mongolian border city of Erenhot at dusk, and passengers need to handle Chinese customs clearance here. After the wheel change, the train returns to the station and hangs the Mongolian locomotive to go abroad.

Mongolia territory:

The K3 train runs through Mongolia territory, along the way, it’s the more original Northeast Plain, railway on both sides there are many patches of wildflowers, all kinds of colors. Many tourists spend most of the time in the train's tail, almost all their upper body is stretched out outside the window, greedily taking pictures of the beautiful scenery step by step.

Lake Baikal:

On the third day of the train journey, when you open your eyes in the morning, you’ll find yourself in the dreamlike realm of Lake Baikal. The breathtaking beauty will surround you. The train will take three hours here, you have countless opportunities to press the shutter to preserve the beauty in front of you.

The Western Siberian Plain scenery and the Eastern European pastoral scenery after Yekaterinburg are like classic oil paintings. Here you can see some local customs and traditions.

The K3 train departs from Yekaterinburg station, through the Asian and European demarcation points, enters the Russian European section. Cities are gradually increasing. Arriving in Moscow, welcoming you is a world of ice and fairytale, the winter Moscow is beautiful without any need to say, only to experience it by yourself.

Arriving in Moscow, whether it’s the end or the beginning. This journey gives you the opportunity to try it once.

‘Read ten thousand books, walk ten thousand miles,’ this is what the ancients told us about the meaning of travel. Travel is about leaving a place you’re tired of and going to a place others are tired of. Some say it's absurd.

Walking, uninterrupted walking, its meaning is under your feet. Some people are actually traveling while exploring the meaning of life.

Travel is for escaping, avoiding people, things, stories, and thoughts. Some say so.

18 years old in college, you ask what your ideal is, you say you want to travel around the world; 22 years old after graduating from college, you say after working, you'll go;

26 years old after working stably, you say you'll go after buying a house;

30 years old after having children, you say you’ll go when your children are big;

35 years old when your children are grown up, you say you’ll go after raising your parents, finally, you have not gone anywhere.

Travel is a disease, once infected, you cannot get rid of it.

It’s also a contagious disease, and you may eventually infect this disease to others without even wanting to get rid of it!

Only a person traveling can hear their own voice. It will tell you that this world is wider than you imagined.

Your life will not have an exit, you will find that you have wings, and you don’t need anyone’s permission to fly.

The world is a book, people who haven’t traveled only see one page. We often see the scenery, a person always looks up and envies others’ happiness, turns around, but finds himself being looked up to and envied.

In fact, everyone is happy.

But your happiness is often in other people’s eyes.

Using limited time, limited money, and limited energy to see unlimited scenery~

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