Just to see if we can make more discussion here, lets post about random things that we have found out.
I recently (as in, last hour or so) found out that it would be cheaper for me to fly to Beijing from Sydney, take a trip along the trans-Siberian railway, and fly back to Sydney from Moscow, and I will still have spent less money than taking the India Pacific railway from Sydney to Perth with a sleeper bunk. (sure I would only have a seat too on the TSR, but I would see more varied terrain, and have stuff to do on multiple days)
I recently (as in, last hour or so) found out that it would be cheaper for me to fly to Beijing from Sydney, take a trip along the trans-Siberian railway, and fly back to Sydney from Moscow, and I will still have spent less money than taking the India Pacific railway from Sydney to Perth with a sleeper bunk. (sure I would only have a seat too on the TSR, but I would see more varied terrain, and have stuff to do on multiple days)
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