In a recent post on Andy Roams, the author shares their experience traveling on the Bullet Train, a significant addition to Laos and Southeast Asia's transport. This high-speed train connects Kunming, China, to Vientiane and Luang Prabang, enhancing regional trade and offering a glimpse of the onboard experience, including dining options and border formalities.
Yes sir, it's time for the next vlog, and it's a BIG one in the story of Dhaka to Dakar 2023! Folks, not everything goes to plan when you overland travel for three months, and I hit some setbacks in this one, as I head via train, bus, ferry and taxi overland and sea from …
Continue reading Journey from Nice, France, to Tangier, Morocco in Under Two Days
Old houses in Irkutsk, and onto another rail adventure, straight from my diary!
Come check out the amazing train experiences I had when I was in Myanmar!
Okay so yeah, if you’ve followed this blog for long enough you will know that I am a major fan of one kind of transport – and that’s train. It’s pretty awesome and leaves buses for dead! But why do I love it so much? Train travel is varied There are so many different types …
Continue reading Why Trains are the ULTIMATE form of Transport
Howdy all. I thought with today’s post I would get all sentimental-like and reminisce about my first time as a backpacker in Europe, as part of my first time around the world back in 1999. Yep – LAST CENTURY! I’m old. So anyways, on this occasion I concentrated on Western Europe. For the sake of …
Continue reading Itineraries – My first solo trip to Europe via Eurail
Yes, back to West Africa again. Transport in West Africa is possibly THE reason to go if you’re seriously into adventure. I say this because every journey in West Africa is a major adventure. From tro-tros to share-taxis to buses and even the occasional train, West Africa is not for the feint-hearted who like smooth …
The final rail journey of my March-April trip was from the glorious southern town of Galle back to the capital of Colombo. A distance of around 114 kilometres, there are several trains you can take a day from express trains to local commuter trains. So obviously the trains can vary muchly in time taken, from …
From the town in the desert to Rajasthan’s Blue City, this trip on Indian Railways was perhaps not as memorable as others I’ve taken. Why? Well, I was asleep about five minutes after we left, the scenery was mostly arid, and I’d already done this 301km segment of rail before. Mind you – I hadn’t …
Ahhh the Indian Train Journey! I am genuinely excited that I can properly recount a few journeys in India now. I took a number, all in relative comfort I should say, in my twelve days in India. This was the first major journey, nearly twelve hours across Rajasthan from the main Rajasthani city in Jaipur …
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
