Since returning from America by the Siberian route, I have been asked so often by prospective travellers about the details of the trip—pirticularly as to the Manchurian line—that Tventure, at the risk of repeating parts of an old story, to offer a few practical notes for the of your readers, expecially with refer 12 the route to Port Arthur.
Route.
Rail connection is now complete to Port Arthur, except for the st-ambvat trip of five hours across Loka Baikil; and the trains run case to the wharves on both des of the lake. From Lest eastward we follow the old line, well describe, Prof. Leavenworth's booklet. to a p somewhat east of Chita. The new line, branching to the south, enters Manchuriaa territory and brings u> at a station culled Manchuria. Here the Russian railw proper ends and the Chinese Eastern Railway begins. The main line of the Chinese Eastern Railway strikes esstwarl, directly across Manchuria, to reach Viadivostock. At Harbin, however, the south Mauch line diverges to the south, through the valley of the Suagari and $0 to Port Time.
Coming eastward, it requires, by the diily train, nine days from Irkutsk to Port Arthur. This period is divile! into three fairly equal sections by the division points Manchuria and Harbin, where change of] cars mus! bemadeand new tickets bought There is a" train avec restaurant" which runs, at present, once a week, making better connections; but as yet it is only schedule d to run between Irkuts'c Manchuria. Between Ir<utsk and Mos: the through trains ran only twice a it is therefore necessary to plea the cote tion or t" allow for delay.
My schedule of time was as follows: Berlin to Moscow 2 days Moscow to frkuts 8 days Irku'sk to Port Arthur... 9 days Add for connection 1 day Total nec-sary 20 days Add, for through trip, London to Berlin.
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