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Broadly yes, actually. I (Smith) would recommend we draw the attention of the chat to this plan and see how quickly Philip shoots it down in flames<sup>W</sup>W<sup>W</sup>W^W raises some problem we haven't considered

....LOL

==== What about the silk route? ====

Just a very quick experiment in seeing if we can get to Japan earlier by avoiding the actual trans-siberian. Initially optimized for getting to Japan soon at all costs; add practicality later.

* Day 0, Friday: late-night Eurostar to Brussels or Cologne. Urgh, but we need to depart Cologne at 09:28 the following morning. Maybe overnight ferry to Amsterdam is doable.

* Day 1, Saturday: Train to Berlin, train to Warsaw, sleeper to Moscow

* Day 2, Sunday: Riding on the train, arrive Moscow 19:54, in time to depart on the 'Tselina' or the slightly faster variant, if we plan our dates carefully.

* Day 5, Wednesday: Arrive 11:57 or maybe 08:42 in Astana. Depart Astana on a Tuesday, or depart Almarty on Sat or Mon... urgh. Assume we somehow manage to leave at 15:10 on Tuesday, then

* Day 6, Thursday: Arrive 08:50 in Ürümqi. Leave 12:25 towards Shanghai

* Day 8, Saturday: Arrive in Shanghai early in the morning (well, 13:39)... just in time to miss the ferry. Urgh.

If we want to catch the ferry on Saturday, we need to...

* Leave Xian by 21:02 Friday, or leave Lanzhou 13:16 Fri (T166/T163, arriving Shanghai at 11:15)

* Leave Urumq at 14:54 Thursday, arriving in Lahzhou at 11:50 (T296) - totally doable if we can get to Astana for 15:10 on Tuesday.

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   Broadly yes, actually. I (Smith) would recommend we draw the attention of the chat to this plan and see how quickly Philip shoots it down in flames<sup>W</sup>W<sup>W</sup>W^W raises some problem we haven't considered
    ....LOL
+==== What about the silk route? ====
+Just a very quick experiment in seeing if we can get to Japan earlier by avoiding the actual trans-siberian. Initially optimized for getting to Japan soon at all costs; add practicality later.
+* Day 0, Friday: late-night Eurostar to Brussels or Cologne. Urgh, but we need to depart Cologne at 09:28 the following morning. Maybe overnight ferry to Amsterdam is doable.
+* Day 1, Saturday: Train to Berlin, train to Warsaw, sleeper to Moscow
+* Day 2, Sunday: Riding on the train, arrive Moscow 19:54, in time to depart on the 'Tselina' or the slightly faster variant, if we plan our dates carefully.
+* Day 5, Wednesday: Arrive 11:57 or maybe 08:42 in Astana. Depart Astana on a Tuesday, or depart Almarty on Sat or Mon... urgh. Assume we somehow manage to leave at 15:10 on Tuesday, then
+* Day 6, Thursday: Arrive 08:50 in Ürümqi. Leave 12:25 towards Shanghai
+* Day 8, Saturday: Arrive in Shanghai early in the morning (well, 13:39)... just in time to miss the ferry. Urgh.
+If we want to catch the ferry on Saturday, we need to...
+* Leave Xian by 21:02 Friday, or leave Lanzhou 13:16 Fri (T166/T163, arriving Shanghai at 11:15)
+* Leave Urumq at 14:54 Thursday, arriving in Lahzhou at 11:50 (T296) - totally doable if we can get to Astana for 15:10 on Tuesday.