Today I'm opening up my 2017 diary on the train from Beijing to Ulaan Baatar as I adventurised on the Trans-Mongolian Express!
Category: Train travel
All Aboard The Lunatic Express!
Folks - I found another video I want to share. It's Noel Philips this time, but he's not boarding a flight, he's taking a train. A newish train from Mombasa to Nairobi in Kenya. There was an old line that I think ran all the way to Uganda once, although I don't think it has …
Train Journeys – Lisbon to Porto [Portugal]
All aboard! Time to take the train from Lisbon to Porto, and see just what an experience on the trains of Portugal is like! And back again for good measure! Today’s amazing train journey sees me travel from the station of Santa Apolonia, in Lisbon, up to Campanha Station – the main train station in …
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Train Journeys – Barcelona to Seville via High Speed Rail
Yes folks, it’s time to get your tickets and board another train with me! Today I’m taking you from Barcelona, Spain’s most visited city, to the jewel of the south (in my opinion!), Seville! From one great city to another, last year when I visited I was able to make the journey by the fastest …
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Train Journeys – Samarkand to Bukhara (Uzbekistan)
I’d taken this route before back in 2011. As part of the longer Tashkent to Bukhara – this whole journey was in May or June and it was 40 degrees outside. This was before the introduction of high speed rail to the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan. The first high speed rail in Uzbekistan was …
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Why Trains are my Favourite Way to Travel India
In the whole world, there is no where like India for taking to the rails! My favourite mode of transportation, train, is THE way to get about India. You know, when you can get to India again! I have been on quite a number of trains over my four trips to India. I have done …
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From Around the Web – Fastest Train in the World
Howdy all. I found an article yesterday I was going to feature today about the fastest train in the world, which is in China. It was linked from The Age website and the train went 430 km/h which is pretty mind blowing all said. The I couldn't find it for this post. So what I …
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Travel in Victoria – via VLine
Travel in Victoria comes with a few options, from bus to car and of course, the train. This post looks into that train option exploring the VLine network which connects much of the Australia state of Victoria. Hi folks. Today it’s another Australia-themed post for a Monday, as I am wont to do once a …
Travelling – All About the Journey
Buckle up everyone reading this – it’s going to be one of those ‘thoughtful’ posts where I delve into my subconscious and answer questions that I never knew I would ask myself for reasons that may never be clear. I’ve read a couple of very interesting and thoughtful posts on other blogs lately. A shout …
Travelling Australia – By Train
For those who like to take in the countryside, to experience travel a little slower, Australia doesn’t have the world’s greatest railroad, but it does have just over 33,000 kilometres of track. And that’s nothing to be sneezed at! And rail may not get you to every nook and cranny of the country, but it …
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