Day 8. Returning to Irkutsk.

第八天，回到伊尔库茨克。

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The journey from Irkutsk to Ulan Bator got off to an alarming start.

从伊尔库茨克到乌兰巴托的旅程有个吓人的开端。

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A bus usually comes in the morning and in few hours you find yourself in the Irkutsk city center.

公共汽车通常会在早上到来，几个小时候就可以到达伊尔库茨克市中心。

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"Irkutsk-Pekin" was stenciled on the side of our train in Cyrillic letters, but otherwise it was unromantic-looking.

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In the "Cyber Shockwave" simulation, the U.S. players first concluded that the attack originated from a server in Irkutsk, Russia.

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We had decided to embark in Irkutsk, where the also-famous Trans-Siberian Railroad stops en route from Moscow to Vladivostok, connecting to the Trans-Mongolian that runs south toward Ulaanbaatar.

WSJ: Riding the Trans-Mongolian Railway through Russia, China and Mongolia