RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 19 May 2014 | Views [263]
Out the window of the trans-Siberian buildings and towns begin to cluster tighter together and train staff begin to buzz as if coming out of hibernation. the two headed eagle on the Russian ... Read more >
MONGOLIA | Monday, 19 May 2014 | Views [314]
From Beijing to Moscow via Mongolia. With out much ado, our party boards the train in Beijing and for nine days we snake our way on to the next horizon.
The cabins are clean and straight forward – four bunks, the top two fold up against the ... Read more >
Tags: trains
CHINA | Monday, 19 May 2014 | Views [440]
We are in the sprawling capital of the Peoples Republic, Beijing, as part two of four in a horse shoe adventure from Nepal now to China and around through to Mongolia and into Russia.
We clear customs and walk out into the terminal. We blew ... Read more >
NEPAL | Monday, 19 May 2014 | Views [369]
Nepal has a population of 26 million, the currency is the Nepalese rupee, and the capital is Kathmandu and it is where we start a journey of which takes us in a horse shoe shaped adventure that starts in the Nepalese capital and goes around to china, ... Read more >
Tags: everest, himalayas, trekking
NORWAY | Sunday, 11 May 2014 | Views [282] | Scholarship Entry
Norway, Tromsø, the arctic circle. It’s cold and wet but I will never forget. I’m hugging myself in a clearing surrounded by pine trees and I’m wrapped up in two jackets, one donated and one found; a rainbow beanie, also found, two shirts and a pair ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
