I hate you, now I'm considering it. That being said, it would more expensive than the plane from the price I could find (as the tickets are one way tickets and the plane it's a round trip) and that it doesn't all the extras you'd have over the two weeks.
But still, that is an awesome idea :D -- Christophe On 19 January 2013 00:16, Sven <[email protected]> wrote: > wiki-shippingcontainers? Umm... > > > On Jan 18, 2013, at 1:50 PM, Pharos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Someone needs to start a historical list of wiki-trains, wiki-buses, > and wiki-shippingcontainers on a page on Meta. > > Thanks, > Richard > (User:Pharos) > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Andrew Lih <[email protected]> wrote: > > The good news is the train to Hung Hom is (literally!) on the doorstep of > > the Wikimania venue at HK Polytechnic University. > > > If you plan it out well, you could spend time in Beijing, overnight train > to > > Shanghai, spend time there, then overnight again to HK/Hung Hom. For those > > with the time in their schedule, it sounds like a great trip. > > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Alan C Y Lai <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > I'm afraid that Deryck Chan is overtly optimistic about the construction > > of High Speed Rail in Hong Kong. As the line is still under construction > > until 2015, the Beijing-Hong Kong through train will still be on > > conventional lines during Wikimania 2013. And I strongly urge for > > convenience and comfortability sake you'd better take the through train to > > Hung Hom. > > > Best regards, > > Alan > > > > Deryck Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > IIRC by Wikimania 2013 the Hong Kong-Beijing direct train will have > > switched to the high speed system. > > > On Jan 18, 2013 7:55 AM, "Shujen Chang" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There's also a railway line from Beijing to Kowloon, but that line is > > slower and less confortable than the Beijing-Guangzhou High Speed Railway > > Line. > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Shujen Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I recommend you take the Beijing-Guangzhou High Speed Railway in China, > > than you can transfer train from Guangzhou to Hong Kong. > > I'm planning to train to Hong Kong to (from China), so maybe I can join > > you in Beijing-Guangzhou&Guangzhou-Hong Kong line. > > and attention, you must apply for a Chinese visa if passing China, the > > Hong Kong visa is not valid in China. > > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:53 AM, Seb35 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, Добрый день, > > > Three years ago some crazy Wikimedians (whose I was) travelled by train > > through Europe to join Gdańsk for Wikimania. > > > This year I intend to join Wikimania Hong Kong by train from France, > > mainly with the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Chinese trains. The travel > > can take a minimum of about 2 weeks (of intensive train :), but it would be > > more comfortable to take more time; the price seems to be about 300-400 € > > (+food, visas, etc…), so probably less or similar than the airtravel of > ~800 > > €. > > > Does anyone is interested to join me? You have time if you want think > > about. If we are some people interested in Europe, we could join in > > Deutschland before continuing the 10k km :) > > > ~ Seb35 [^_^] > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > Shujen Chang > > > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > Shujen Chang > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > > > -- > > -Andrew Lih > > Associate professor of journalism > > USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism > > Email: <[email protected]>[email protected] > > WEB: <http://www.andrewlih.com>http://www.andrewlih.com > > BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http:/www.wikipediarevolution.com > > PROJECT: WikiFactcheck: <http://wikifactcheck.org/wiki> > http://wikifactcheck.org/wiki > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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